Senator Conroy said the Government had never claimed the filter itself would stop child pornography.
"We've never tried to pretend that this was a silver bullet, we've never tried to suggest this was the sole solution,'' Senator Conroy said...
"If I stood up anywhere and said 'hey, this filter will block peer-to-peer' then rightfully I should be ridiculed,'' he said.
"I've never said that ... it is not designed to deal with peer-to-peer.''
Fortunately he has been caught out:
Opposition communications spokesman Nick Minchin said Senator Conroy's comments were at odds with previous statements.
Senator Conroy previously said:
"Technology that filters peer-to-peer and BitTorrent traffic does exist and it is anticipated that the effectiveness of this will be tested in the live pilot trial," Senator Conroy says on the website.
If Conroy is so willing to lie about this why should we believe his assurances that he will not censor political content? Particularly given the fact that his thought police banned links to a political site.
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