# Cleanfeed (content blocking system)

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**Cleanfeed** was the name given to various privately administered [ISP](/source/Internet_service_provider) level [content filtering](/source/Content_filtering) systems operating in the [United Kingdom](/source/United_Kingdom), [Canada](/source/Canada), and [Australia](/source/Australia) with a view to future mandatory implementation. These government-mandated programs originally attempted to block access to [child pornography](/source/Child_pornography) and abuse content located outside of the nation operating the filtering system.

## Implementations

### United Kingdom

Cleanfeed is a [content blocking system](/source/Content_blocking_system) technology implemented in the UK by [BT](/source/BT_Group), Britain's largest Internet provider as the first to block the [Internet Watch Foundation](/source/Internet_Watch_Foundation)'s [child abuse image content list](/source/Child_abuse_image_content_list). It was created in 2003 and went live in June 2004.[1]

Further information: [Child abuse image content list](/source/Child_abuse_image_content_list)

### Canada

Cleanfeed in Canada is a voluntary [Internet](/source/Internet) [URL](/source/URL) filtering list maintained by [Cybertip.ca](/source/Cybertip.ca) for use by participating ISPs.[2] Eight major providers, representing approximately 80% of Canada's Internet users, have been using the list since November 2006 to block foreign websites.[3][4][5]

## Proposed implementations

### Australia

See also: [Internet censorship in Australia](/source/Internet_censorship_in_Australia)

Cleanfeed in Australia was a proposed mandatory ISP level content filtration system. It was proposed by the [Kim Beazley](/source/Kim_Beazley) led [Australian Labor Party](/source/Australian_Labor_Party) opposition in a 2006 press release, with the intention of protecting children who were vulnerable to claimed parental computer illiteracy.[6] It was announced on 31 December 2007 as a policy to be implemented by the [Rudd](/source/Kevin_Rudd) ALP government, and initial tests in [Tasmania](/source/Tasmania) produced a report in 2008. Public opposition and criticism quickly emerged, led by the [EFA](/source/Electronic_Frontiers_Australia) and gaining irregular mainstream media attention, with a majority of Australians reportedly "strongly against" its implementation.[7] Criticisms included expense, inaccuracy (it will be impossible to ensure only illegal sites are blocked) and the fact that it will be compulsory. Cleanfeed was quietly abandoned as a policy after the 2010 election.

## See also

- [Content-control software](/source/Content-control_software)
- [Golden Shield Project](/source/Golden_Shield_Project)
- [Internet censorship](/source/Internet_censorship)
- [Internet censorship in Australia](/source/Internet_censorship_in_Australia)
- [Censorship in Canada](/source/Censorship_in_Canada)
- [Internet censorship in the United Kingdom](/source/Internet_censorship_in_the_United_Kingdom)
- [List of websites blocked in the United Kingdom](/source/List_of_websites_blocked_in_the_United_Kingdom)
- [Virgin Killer#Wikipedia controversy](/source/Virgin_Killer#Wikipedia_controversy)

## References

1. Bright, Martin (6 June 2004). ["BT puts block on child porn sites"](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2004/jun/06/childrensservices.childprotection). *The Guardian*. Retrieved 30 April 2010.

1. [Cleanfeed Canada](http://www.cybertip.ca/app/en/cleanfeed)

1. [ISPs and Tipline Step Up Battle Against Internet Child Exploitation](http://www.cybertip.ca/app/en/press) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20091012052007/http://www.cybertip.ca/app/en/press) 12 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine

1. ["Mountie hopes web initiative could cut child abuse"](https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/mountie-hopes-web-initiative-could-cut-child-abuse-1.592081). *[CBC News](/source/CBC_News)*. 23 November 2006. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20070321224726/https://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2006/11/23/porn-blocked.html) 21 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine.

1. ["ISPs to monitor child porn under proposed bill"](https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/isps-to-monitor-child-porn-under-proposed-bill-1.857380). *[CBC News](/source/CBC_News)*. 24 November 2009. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20091126182727/https://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/11/23/internet-child-pornography-isp-bill.html?) 26 November 2009 at the Wayback Machine.

1. Walsh, Gabrielle (1 April 2006). ["Labor's mandatory filtering pledge"](http://newsweekly.com.au/article.php?id=2413). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20130505073114/https://newsweekly.com.au/article.php?id=2413) 5 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 16 January 2015.

1. Liebhardt, John (11 December 2008). ["Australia rallies to "Stop the Clean Feed""](http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/12/11/australia-rallies-to-stop-the-clean-feed/). Global Voices Online. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20081214065438/http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/12/11/australia-rallies-to-stop-the-clean-feed/) 14 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2008-12-11.

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