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I'm actually less concerned with the piracy aspect, I primarily use Spotify and Netflix. I'm more concerned with how attempting to filter the internet may a) further reduce the already dismal speeds and b) become a common tactic for blocking objectionable content as a sort of stand in for the failed 2013-2014 internet filter legislation.

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I cited piracy as it was the main purpose of the censor (supposedly); whether that ends up being its actual use or not.

Can't comment on A, seeing as my only experience with Australian internet speeds is mocking my Australian friends' internet speed.

Internet censorship is a case of whack-a-mole. Block a server? They move the server. Seize a domain? Users can edit their host files (or get a new domain). Block an IP address or IP range? People will set up mirrors. The average person (and for that matter, politician) are seemingly unaware of this and waste a lot of time and money forming non-solutions. In some cases I'm actually supportive of B occurring due to the Streisand Effect. Their attempts at censoring information ends up spreading the message further and gives it a microphone and limelight in an increasing number of cases.

I'm more concerned with the ease in how American corporations can so readily influence foreign governance.

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