One Step Ahead

The Labor Party, vying for election as Australia's government next month, has proposed a new law to stop hard-core pornography from reaching children. The new plan would require Internet Service Providers to install mandatory filtering programs that would force adults to verify their identity before viewing X-rated Web sites.

Sigh ... It's election time, so I guess we should expect pollies to be promising everything under the sun.

The fact is that Australia already has laws to protect children from adult material. Unfortunately, the law has proven to be a dismal failure. Why would we expect the new law to be any different? It won't be. It's just another stupid promise to try to garner a few votes come the election.