Free filtering for Oz families

The Australian government plans to provide free Web filtering to every family in the country, CNET reports. The program is expected to cost $86 million. If Internet service providers offer their customers server-based filtering (instead of software installed on individual computers), they’ll get reimbursed. CNET adds that “almost no ISPs currently offer any kind of content filtering.” It'll be interesting to see how this affects Australian kids' social networking.