Blacklist Costs Could Beat Filter

Today the costs of running a blacklist were made clear, showing that the filter could be a very expensive operation. When a URL is submitted to the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) it will cost between $173 and $685 per item to investigate, regardless of whether it is refused classification or not. The dollar value was revealed in answer to Greens communications spokesperson Scott Ludlam who had asked ACMA how much it cost to action URLs submitted for the Classification Board to classify