Sydney, Dec 16 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Australia intends to introduce web filters, which will weed out those websites, which have criminal content. They had a trial for 7 months with the aid of different ISP’s and they have now completely perfected the technology behind this filters to the extent that they are 100% successful. The banned sites will be selected by an independent classification body guided by complaints from the public, said Communications Minister Stephen Conroy.

However this move hasn’t been taken kindly too, by critics and other users alike. There has been a lot of opposition from the Internet users for this move by Australia. The social networking and micro-blogging site Twitter’s users have also been voicing their displeasure by tweeting endlessly about it and they have made a special hash tag “nocleanfeed” to append to their tweets about this move by Australia.

“Successful technology isn’t necessarily successful policy,” said Colin Jacobs, a spokesperson for Electronic Frontiers Australia, a non-profit organization that campaigns for online freedom. “We’re yet to hear a sensible explanation of what this policy is for, who it will help, and why it is worth spending so much taxpayers’ money on.” “Through a combination of additional resources for education and awareness, mandatory internet filtering of RC (refused classification)-rated content, and optional ISP-level filtering, we have a package that balances safety for families and the benefits of the digital revolution,” he said.

The filter laws will be passed by the Australia parliament in 2010 and hence will take almost a year to be implemented.