Filtering is the job of ISPs not NBN
Although it was technically possible for the National Broadband Network Company (NBN Co) to filter internet content over the heads of internet service providers (ISPs), the government has said that it will still force the responsibility onto ISPs.
On Monday, it was revealed that despite previous claims to the contrary, it would be technically possible for NBN Co, as a level two wholesale provider, to filter internet content at the Ethernet level of the Federal Government's $35.9 billion fibre to the home network using technology already available to ISPs.
The technology, deployed by CyberOne is currently only in use to implement a block of Interpol's "worst of the worst" child abuse websites as part of a voluntary filtering scheme developed by the Internet Industry Association (IIA), and also brought in by Telstra and Optus.
