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Australia is going to crowd source their internet blacklist from australian internet users. That's right, they're going to take submissions from the great unwashed.

I can think of only 2 explanations for this folly.

OPTION ONE The lawmakers think people can stumble on child porn during normal web browsing.

This is just plain false, and if they believe this then I question if these lawmaker actually use the web themselves. You have to seek out that stuff, it isn't left lying around. The only time i have ever encountered child porn was when trying out a supposed anonymous internet engine (a bit like Tor) - i checked what stuff i ended up proxying for other people and there it was. You have to move in nefarious circles or be deep into underground stuff to ever stumble on this stuff.

OPTION TWO - Australian citizen are supposed to go looking for child porn

They imagine Australian citizens sitting at home searching for the stuff for them. Self selected vigilanties, hunting down child porn on the internet to report and add to the blacklist. Can you imagine the defence used in court? "I wasn't breaking the law your honour! I was helping populate the blacklist".

What do child abuse victims want?

A group in EU are opposing internet filters in their own countries.
Their slogan is "Remove, don't block! -- Act, and don't look away!"
Christian Bahls, a spokesperson for the group, says,

With only four days until the Guilt Upon Accusation law, Section 92A of the Copyright Act, is due to come into force the Creative Freedom Foundation (CFF) are highlighting statistics that paint a picture of what New Zealanders may face if the Government allows this law.

Statistics emerge around the Guilt Upon Accusation Law.. With only four days until the Guilt Upon Accusation law, Section 92A of the Copyright Act, is due to come into force the Creative Freedom Foundation (CFF) are highlighting statistics that paint a picture of what New Zealanders may face if the Government allows this law.

S92A was championed by former Labour MP Judith Tizard as a law that would cut off the internet of those "who might be breaking the law" without any due process – effectively removing New Zealander's fundamental right to being presumed innocent until proven guilty. Prime Minister John Key has aptly called this law "draconian".

3 News > Science-Tech > Story > Kiwi file-sharers to be 'presumed guilty' next monthSource: www.3news.co.nz"While copyright owners can take legal action against those Internet users engaging in infringing peer to peer file-sharing, it is difficult for them to identify any particular user. In addition, they would then have to take the users to court."    it's too hard to idntify who is breaking the law, so lets just punish anyone we want.    

Section 92A - "cut off anyone who *might* be breaking the law" | TheyWorkForYou.co.nz blogSource: blog.theyworkforyou....Minister Judith Tizard says: "yes it is easier for ISPs, Internet Service Providers, to cut off anyone who might be breaking the law, um, but you know, you can go to a library and use the Internet... "

Cleared: Jury decides that threat of global warming justifies breaking the law - Climate Change, EnvSource: www.independent.co.ukThe threat of global warming is so great that campaigners were justified in causing more than £35,000 worth of damage to a coal-fired power s