Newspapers have described the tragedy as “the biggest in Tanzania's history” and “the worst-ever disaster during Eid al-Fitr”.

Organisers of the young people's disco popularly known in Tanzania as ‘Toto disco' have been arrested for investigation.

Blogger Faustine's Baraza posts photos of the disco hall and bodies in a mortuary and so does Issa Michuzi.

Some of the readers have called for better safety practices:

TUWEKE MBELE HEALTH AND SAFETY PRACTICES. TOTALLY UNNECESSARY AND AVOIDABLE DEATHS. SIJUI LINI TUTAJIFUNZA!!

And in the same post another reader says:

Tukio kama hili linahitaji Rais Jakaya kwenda kutoa pole, hasa inapozingatiwa kwamba huwa anahudhuria ajali za watu ambao huwa wanamajina pale Muhimbili. Hili ni swala kubwa na sio kumtuma Mh. Kapuya.
Anatakiwa kuwasili katika eneo la tukio na kukagua , kutoa pole na pia kuhutubia wananchi.
Pia ni wakati wa TZ, hasa Fire marshal kuanza kuangalia uwezo wa sehemu za disco kuchukua kiasi fulani cha watu na njia za tahadhari (Exit)kama hali kama hii ikitikoea.Ikiwa ni pamoja na kuwa na Genereta, na wasaidiza wa haraka.

Msimbe of Lukwangule Entertainment writes that two people have been arrested for questioning including the manager of One Ten Disco and the manager of Bubbles Night Club in addition to the two directors of the two discos who were arrested earlier.

Issa Michuzi, in one of the series of posts about the incident has a post by a special correspondent stating that the Tanzanian President has ordered a full investigation about the causes of deaths.

Local government in Tabora has already set up an investigating commission. Some readers think that the local government is one of the culprits that caused to the tragedy and place the blame on the local governments in the first place:

Maeneo ya Wazi ya wapi mjini Tabora?Je,kuna uwanja wa mabembea na michezo ya watoto japo mmoja tu katika mji mzima wa Tabora?Kosa la nani?Asitafutwe mchawi hapa au kurushiana lawama.Poor Leadership in Government Institutions is the cause of all this. Mpaka watoto zetu wafe ndipo viongozi wakurupuke na kujifanya wanahusika kwelikweli kumbe usanii tu!What a Pity?Viwanja vyao vya michezo vingekuwepo mtoto gani angefikiria aende disco aache mabembea?too much politicking!Nothing Doing,eti tuna Doctorate Degrees!Za kubandika ukutani?

While sympathising with the families of the victims many of the comments have been directed at the local government and the need for better risk management:

Nawapa pole wafiwa na wanatabora wote kwa janga hili la kitaifa. Tunajifunza nini kwa hili?
1. Maafa na ajali zinazomaliza maelfu ya watanzania ni vitu vya mpito tu na serikali haitilii maanani kuyapunguza. Ripoti za chang'ombe, Kisutu, muhimbili zimefanya nini kupunguza majanga haya?
2. Tutaunda tume 100 lakini hazisaidii kumaliza majanga kwa sababu ya kutokuwa makini na kujali maisha ya watu wa kawaida.
3. Kama watoto hawatakiwi kwenda disco, je serikali mkoani tabora hawakuona hilo?
4. Kama wanaruhusiwa kwa masharti, basi NSSF (mmiliki), Mpiga Disco (mkaribishaji)na Manispaa (dhamana ya ukaguzi) wawajibishwe kikamilifu.
Watanzania mliopo nyumbani wakumbusheni viongozi majukumu yao kwa kupinga haya mambo. Wanasheria wasaidieni waathirika na hakikisheni wanapata “fair and adequate compensation” na iwe fundisho kwa wengine.

25日，我在北京的酒店里。一大早，彭先生来找我，早前我推荐过他的寻人博客因此而认识。他来北京上访，屡屡碰壁，很无助，但我帮不了他什么。八点半我们在大堂聊事情的时候，有人在旁监视。

我把刘晓原律师的电话给了他，我想他或许用得着。一个小时后，他被抓走了。

以下是他写的经历。我对各位网友的请求是，尽可能转贴吧。

The report was first published at blog.163, but was unpublished. Mr. Pang created a blog about his missing son Pang Wen-le.

家长们寻子无果，无奈进京上访

近年来，全国各地的儿童接连被偷甚至被抢，不计其数。犯罪份子的作案手段已向暴力化、集团化、职业化、国际化发展。我们为了找到孩子差不多走遍全国，我们每个人都债台高筑、倾家荡产，我们每个家中的亲人都有因为思念孩子死的、疯的、病的，其余的人也都是个个心力交瘁。当然很多的案件是可以很及时的破获的。但是由于。。。。。种种的人为因素，（在这里，我也不想在说关于我攻击我们的公安部门的过激言论）失去了解救孩子的宝贵时间。孩子失踪 24小时才可以立案，我却认为是我们的法律提供了人贩子做案的时间。提醒人贩子必须在24小时转移我们的孩子。我们无奈，逐步向上反应，没有线索的案子一拖在拖。半年过去了，一年过去了。。。。。。家长们每天都生活在极度的痛苦中，心里时刻在滴血，有的家长由于家庭的实际种种因素，不得已，只有选择放弃。在我寻找孩子的过程中，通过到处张贴的寻人启示，电视，报纸，网络结识了很多和我有着共同命运的人，大家一谈到找孩子，都有一段很辛酸的故事。一个偶然的机会我们在网络上看到了一篇关于河南孩子被解救的报道。这个案子也是久久不能破。不知道他们是通过什么渠道让我们的总理知道了。经温总理批示，8个月没有破的案子。8天全部告破。这篇报道让我们看到了希望。重新点燃了我们寻找孩子的激情。我们坚信，只要我们的仁慈的总理知道了我们的事情。一定会帮我们找到孩子的。带着这唯一的希望，我们决定集体进京向我们的总理请愿。为了不影响国家的形象，我们把时间定在了奥运会，残奥会结束后的9月22号。

鸟巢展示寻人启事

9月22号，全国各地的失踪儿童家长陆续来到了北京。我们找到了一家廉价的旅馆（地下室）住下。还有一些特别困难的家庭，他们舍不得住旅馆只有在北京火车站露宿。后来经过我们平摊。让他们也住近了旅馆。记过大家商量，决定等二天在鸟巢展示我们的寻人启事。经过统计全国失踪家长来自10个省 40余人。33号一早我们40余家长很早就赶到了所有中国人都引以为豪的宏伟建筑——鸟巢。但是我们确没有看鸟巢的心情。我们来到了鸟巢的东大门，找了个人多的地方，依次排队站开，展示我们的寻子海报。想让更多的人知道我们的遭遇，也提醒更多的人注意自己身边的孩子，保护好自己的孩子，不要让人贩子有作案的机会。很多的人对我们投来了同情的目光，由于太阳很大，还有好心的人给我们买来了矿泉水。有些家长的情绪很不稳定，大家都拿着自己孩子的寻子海报哭诉着向行人介绍孩子是怎么被偷，被抢的。有一个很有正义的大学生看到了我们的遭遇，非常的同情，也对拐卖儿童的现象非常的愤怒。愿意帮助我们做些宣传活动。后来来了一家美国的记者要采访我们。我们拒绝了，因为中国的事情还是要我们的中国政府解决的。我们也不想把事情弄到国际上去。于是我们收起了寻子海报。准备去找我们中国的权威媒体。中央电视台，能够得到他们的帮助，我们寻找孩子就有希望了。

求助央视 遭到拒绝

好心的大学生义务当了我们的向导，北京我们不熟悉，40位苦命的家长在大学生的带领下展转好运来到了中央电视台，在来的路上，我们觉察到了有3个人在交替的跟踪我们。我估计是国安局的。防止我们有什么过激的行为。在央室的门口。有一个很小的窗口，上面写着一个小小的几个字。“焦点访谈今日说法群众接待处”大概是下午4点半种，我们来反映情况，但是窗门紧闭，门口出来了一个武警，问我们是做什么的，可能看到我们40人，他也很紧张，我们和他说明了我们的来意。讲述了我们都是全国各地丢失孩子的家长。他说要向领导汇报，过了一会，央视大楼里出来了一个人，不知道是不是领导。我详细的给他讲述了我们寻子的事情。他说他也做不了主，这个事情有点大，需要国家广电批准才可以做的，这个节目要是做会影响国家现在“和谐社会”的口号，我听明白了意思，就是婉言谢绝了我们的请求。家长们的情绪当时就失控了。大家纷纷拿出来孩子的大幅寻子海报，把央视大门堵住了。还有人说，央视只报好的，不报社会阴暗面，这样社会怎么会进步，这样的社会怎么能够和谐，怎么多的儿童被拐，这么严重的社会现象，央视不报，那还报什么呀。局面混乱了，央视的保安拨打了110报警。不到 2分种就来了3辆警车。为了方便我们下面要做的事情，不想和警察正面发生冲突，警察对我们经过问讯，最后大学生说叫我们都先回去，他来和警察交涉。于是我们大家就回到了旅馆。最后他们把大学生带走了。记过电话我和大学生取得了联系。他们问了些我们的情况，要求他们学校的领导来把他接回去。到晚上10点多才把他放出来。对于大学生为哦了我们的事情被关到现在。所有的家长都很感激他。同时对公安的行为更加的气愤。公安不帮助我们。一个正义的大学生为了帮我们受到了这样的待遇。我们明显的感觉多北京也是个是非之地。

迫于无奈 接受境外媒体采访

23号，今天北京下起了小雨，气温急距下降，这次来北京的家长大部分都是南方来的。没有办法室外活动。早早的我还是抱着一线微妙的希望，希望我们的真诚能感动央视，能帮我们做一期节目，我们3个代表再一次的来到了央视，接待我们的是个老大爷。听说了我们的遭遇，只能给予同情。说尽力帮我们反映上去。老大爷实话告诉我们。央视是国家的窗口。像这样的事情，报道的希望很渺小的。你们还是想想其他的办法吧。隐约的暗示我们。央视报道都是舆论到了压不住的时候，才会报道。如：瓮安事件。扬佳时间。三鹿事件。我想我们还要加大力度的宣传，让更多的人来关注我们这样的一个特殊群体。后来我们准备去王俯井去展示。公安不知道是通过什么渠道知道了我们住的旅馆。也就拦截了我们。我们被控制在旅馆了。说想办法帮助我们反映情况。这个时候美国广播电视台，和加泰罗尼亚国际广播电视台给我们来电话，希望采访我们。我不知道他们是怎么知道我们的电话的，也许是我们在鸟巢他们看到了我们寻人启事上的电话。征求了所有家长的意思，最后我们决定接受采访。国内的最权威的中央电视台给我们报道，难道我们还有拒绝境外媒体采访的理由吗？不过采访也不是很顺利。北京的警察百般阻止。但是我们有被采访的权利，外国记者也有采访的权利。警察又给旅馆老板施加压力。目的还是组织我们采访。这个时候的家长情绪都激动了。拿着寻子海报就往旅馆外面冲。旅馆不能采访，我们可以在我们接受采访吧。最后北京警察妥协了。让我们在旅馆采访。我们依次排开。拿着自己孩子的寻子照片，各自和记者讲述着自己的寻子路。所有的人哭了。记者也哭了。我们都在承受着人世间最痛苦的煎熬。记者告诉我们，尽量把我们的事情向中方高层反映。

北京西单商场暴力被截

24号因为我们怕在次被控制，大家很早就离开了旅馆，我们准备去国家最高信访单位去正常上访。我们一出旅馆，就发现了有一辆警车跟着我们，一路上警车不停的在增加。最后发展到我们在前面走，后面有8辆警车跟在我们的后面。我们发觉不对，他们可能要对我们动手了。在我们走到长安街北路西单商场的门口的时候，下来了4个警察拦住了我们，问我们是干什么的。查看我们的身份证，很明显要对我们动手了。他们准备就绪了。我往后看了下，没个警车上有 10个警察，8个车就是有80个警察。孙卓的爸爸情绪失控了。说我们是来找孩子的，刚准备把寻子海报上的人贩子照片从包里拿出来给他们看，一切来的太突然了。迅速来了10多名警察，暴力的卡住了他的脖子，2个手被警察反扭着。还有的人抓着他的头发。无数双手抓住了他的衣服，所有的家长看到了这样的情况都围上来。80个警察全部下车围过来。将所有的家长拉开。就这样孙卓的爸爸被8个警察像制服杀人犯（只有在电视上看过，太可怕了，所有的家长都吓傻了）连拉带拖的关进了一个囚车。看到这样的情景，我上去和他们理论，我们又没有犯什么法。也没有闹事，你们为什么要抓我们的人，我就说了这么一句话，我也受到了和孙卓的爸爸同样的待遇。我只听到有一个像狗一样的警察抓我的头发，拼命的把我拉上车嘴里不停的说：“你敢质问政府，你敢要挟政府。”我们绝望了，这是什么社会呀。我们只怨我们不该生活在怎么一个“和谐的社会”和谐的太可怕了。人民的警察，对失踪儿童的家长动用了如此残酷的暴行。而我们还无处说理。家长们看到了我们两的待遇。都陆续上了囚车，最后把我们拉到了西长安街派出所设立一个“上访人员临时安置点”通俗点就是囚室。用铁门把我们关起来的。收了我们身份证，室内到处张贴者非正当上访的处理决定，意思就是要我们学习。我看到一个上访专业户，高达429次上访，劝说无果，拘留15天。里面没有水喝，没有饭吃。不过到是有个小买部。方便面和矿泉水和火车上的一样贵，我也真真的佩服那些人民警察，赚钱想到了赚上饭人的钱（题外话）我们想在这个特殊的囚室合个影做为纪念，原来囚室里四面都装有监视器。马上来了4个耀武扬威的警察。强行夺走了我们的相机，把相机里记录的警察打人，和我们活动资料的照片全部删除了。总之，借用他们的一句话：“到了这个，我们说了算”黑暗！黑暗！黑暗！

强制扭送公安部信访处

下午，西长安街派出所派了2辆囚车把我们40个家长送到了公安部信访处。公安部信访领导一看，怎么多的人呀。让我们下车排对站好。派几个代表进去和他们谈。家长们寻子心切。都抢着要进去说自己的情况。还有一些家长原来来北京公安部上过访的，就不愿意进去。知道你们的一些程序。具说这里接访只会向下通报。不会向上通报的。进去了10个家长，还有30个家长不愿意进去。我们都走开了。决定去国家信访局，还有国务院信访。后来里面的10个家长给我打电话。说必须让我们都进去写材料。不让他们10个人出不来。我们说好了的不能丢下一个人。没有办法我回去看看。我进去了也出不来了。警察答应我，说给我们做了材料，你们才可以走。去那里都可以。我轻信了。叫他们都回来了。所有的家长都写了材料。几个信访干部随便问了问我们的情况。后来陆续来了好多的警察。写完材料，把我们统一送上了一辆大巴车。大巴车在4个警察护送下向北京的郊区驶去。大家心里都没有底。到底会送我们到那里。

强制扭送久敬庄接济服务中心

大巴车大概行驶了半小时，我们进了一个大院。大院的门口写着久敬庄接济服务中心，我们不知道这是个干什么的地方，我们被带到一个用铁皮做的个超级大的房子。有很多的保安。我们陆续接受安检。我的照相机也不许带进去。安检通过以后我们被分隔开来。根据身份证户籍所在地分开，我们按照保安的指路方向，进入里面的大房子。你们分布很详细，有各个省的牌子。保安吆喝着，走找到自己省的房间进去，我问，把我们带来这里做什么。保安说，所有进京上访的人最后都会来这里。不管你是正当上访还是非正当上访的。来到了这里就等你们户口所在地的政府来接你们出去。这里里面的人真多呀。估计上万人，那里有这么多的冤呀。真的希望我们的国家领导人不要去下面体察民情了，来这里是最好的地方。年长的有70多岁的老人，也有很年轻的小伙子。我们40个家长就这样按照地域分开了。我的老家是湖北的。但是我的孩子是在深圳被抢的。我就呆在了广东省的房间里。四面都是铁壁。有一个小窗户透气。墙上写着上访信访条例。我问了一个老者，他说他上访40年了，为的还是文化大革命平反的事情。还有好多的上访者都是这里的熟客了。我们在这里完全失去了自由。这里也是个惨不忍睹的地方。陆续就有尖叫声，哭喊声。原来很多的上访者，问题没有解决，不愿意出去。那些当地政府的人来了就强制性的连拉带拖的拽出去。派专人强制遣返。我亲眼看到了一个70岁的老大娘，就这样在地下被硬拖走了。据说“前不久，奥运会期间杀了一个美国人后跳楼自杀了的那个人，也是一个上访者，但是久久问题得不到解决，而且每次都会到这里来。他绝望了，他走上了极端。”这个事情我只是在这里面听说。也不知道是不是谣传。我们40余失踪孩子的家长陆续被各地的政府人员带回去了。4个小时我们家里的政府找到了我。说带我出去，我说我的事情和我们家乡的政府没有关系，我的事情是在深圳发生的，要接也该他们来接。家乡的政府给我做工作，什么事情我们出去了在说。原来这里不管这些的，只要是来到这里的人，必须是户口所在地的政府来接人。我被带到了家乡政府住京办事处。软禁在招待所。没收了我的身份证，24小时派人跟着我。等待家乡来人接我回去。在办事处禁闭了3天，家乡的居委会主任来接我。并且写好保证书。后来主任给我买了一张回深圳的火车票送我上了火车。

北京之行，令我震撼

北京过去就是皇帝住的地方，天子脚下。这次的北京之行无疑给我们上了很重要的一课。北京警察可以说是全国最辛苦的警察，到处都可以看到警察，到处是警车。所有的警察都是高度戒备的。北京对进京上访群众可是有一套很严密，很完善的截访机制。这个是我们没有想到的。我没有想到的天天电视上宣传的北京警察是多么的文明执法。我更没有想到的是，像我们这样的失踪儿童的家长，一个生活在人世间最心碎的特殊的群体，手不寸铁的百姓，没有得到北京警察的任何同情更不要说帮助，反而得到了北京警察大打出手。我不知道北京警察于心何忍呀。你们有没有想到你们的孩子丢了会是这样的心情。在次引用北京警察的一句话“你敢质问政府，你敢要挟政府。”我们什么时候质问政府了，更不要说是要挟政府了，我们是来寻求政府帮助的．我们是来恳请政府帮住我们寻找孩子的．我想说这个话的狗警察，不是父母生的，真的希望扬佳当时杀的警察就是他这样的警察．我看他也带表不了政府．打着政府的名誉，做些伤害政府的事情．所有的家长绝望了，满怀信心的来到北京，原来北京也是个没有地方讲理的地方。那里才是个真真可以讲理的地方。难道是天堂。。。。。。

How did governments react to the issue? Chinese milk products were scrutinized, strictly regulated and banned. Even the popular white rabbit candy was listed as a dangerous food item. Health agencies have published a list of safe products from China.

Because of the milk scare, consumers are changing their diet, while others refrain from drinking milk. As expected, milk companies are assuring customers that their products are safe. A consumer from Brunei wants the government to review its list of contaminated milk products. Now a Mummy is worried since she bought a biscuit from a company based in China.

What is the reaction of bloggers? A Singaporean describes the issue as “Weapons of Mass Consumption-Tainted Milk Saga.”

Bangkok Pundit advises the government not to overreact:

“The government needs to take appropriate action to ensure the safety of its citizens, but it likewise shouldn't overreact and create a panic - if the government overreacts, China could retaliate and this affects Thai exporters.”

A reader is shocked to see Chinese milk products still being sold in Thailand supermarkets:

“I think the Thai government's stance is totally unacceptable, it's not just a question of PR. How come you can still see the products on the shelves in supermarkets? The government should take a strong stance for the public safety and inform us clearly what products are contaminated and remove them.”

Alexisthetiny from Bangkok will now buy more local and unprocessed food products:

“Melamine is supposed to be toxic, right? How in the heck, then can we have ‘acceptable levels’ of that stuff in our food? I’d imagine that for something this disgustingly bad for our health, ‘acceptable levels’ would be nil. Jesus. How on earth have we gotten to a point where we would allow stuff like that to be added to our food? Actually, how on earth have we gotten to this point where we allow corporations to tell us what is ok in food even if it goes against our instincts? One thing for sure, this is going to change my food shopping habits. From now on, its as local and unprocessed as it can get.”

My Food for Thots from Malaysia writes about the difficulty of banning trade with China:

“But heck, what's not made in China? Even Nike shoes are made in China! Does this mean it's only safe buying stuff not made in China? Which only mean the expensive, branded stuff? Which leads to bigger inflation? Which means our salaries will not suffice? Sigh….”

Tumbleweed in Space from East Timor writes about what the milk scandal revealed on modern living:

“The recent milk scandal in China once again reminds us of how much contaminants there are in almost every aspect of our life. This time it's melamine, but recently studies have also shown that polycarbonate, a plastic commonly used for milk bottles, contains the hormone-disrupting Biphesonol-A.”

What is the possible impact of the scandal on Myanmar? Fear from Freedom explains:

“Chinese milk powder is used widely in Myanmar. Coffee and tea mixed packets are used widely as well. Since these packets contained milk powder the authorities should check the source of the milk. Singapore found tainted milk powder in tea packets and our imports are from Singapore. It is important to tell the people so they can avoid milk powder from China in any form until things are checked.”

House on a Hill from the Philippines reminds the government not to impose trade policies that hurt the poor:

“Instead of taking pains to determine whether Sanlu milk could have indeed been smuggled into the country and sold to the public, we have government officials overreacting by freezing imports and pulling off the supermarket shelves just about any milk and milk-based product from China. What kind of solution is that? That’s a double whammy. That’s discriminating against legitimate Chinese producers and exporters of milk and milk-based products. Worse, that is hurting poor Filipinos who can not afford the que horror prices of milk and milk products sold locally by multinational companies.”

Then she identifies alternative sources of calcium:

“So we have a government who has continually failed to educate the people of the dangers of buying unlabeled food products. That same government is cutting off the supply of cheap milk because it cannot curb smuggling. Where does that leave the consumers, especially the poor ones? For those with children below two years old, breastfeed them. For the rest, understand that while milk is a good source of calcium, it is not the only source of calcium. Sardines, okra, tofu and beans are all rich in calcium.”

The Curious Life of a Quirky Chef from the Philippines asks “Is China trying to kill the world one kid at a time?” The blogger adds:

“First, there was the global controversy about children's toys that were tainted with lead. Then, the issue about candies and biscuits from China that allegedly contain formaldehyde. Today, health officials all over the world, plus the millions of dairy consumers are panicking because of the Chinese milk products that are contaminated with the industrial chemical melamine.”

A most controversial issue is the suggestion on introduction of an internet filtering system in Hong Kong. In part 4 of the consultation paper, it states that the main issue at stake is:

Given the emergence of new forms of media, particularly the growing popularity of the Internet, members of the public consider it important that measures are taken to protect youngsters from the dissemination of obscene and indecent materials on such new media systems.

The government layouts a number of options:

Option one: co-regulation approach that demands Internet Service Providers to:

1. tighten up their service contracts with subscribers by incorporating specific clauses which prohibit subscribers from publishing obscene or indecent articles;

2. formulate measures against repeated offenders, which may involve limiting the bandwidth made available to such offenders or imposing temporary suspension or termination of service in case of contravention of contractual terms;

3. implement a voluntary labelling system and encourage webmasters to label their websites to indicate whether they are suitable for children and youngsters;

4. provide filtering services to subscribers for the purpose of filtering out web content which is not suitable for children and youngsters.

Option two is mandatory approach via legislation:

to make it mandatory for ISPs to provide filtering service to their subscribers so that
children and youngsters will be protected from web content not suitable to them. This would enable filtering of content from both local and overseas websites.

Option three is statutory approach, which targets at content providers:

1. websites are required to provide warnings if they display indecent materials;

2. an access control system is to be established to authenticate the age of the web users. For example, web users are required to input their credit card data before getting access to webpage containing indecent materials to ensure that they have attained the age of 18;

3. empower enforcement agencies, upon receipt of a judicial warrant, to issue a “take-down notice” to the indecent websites or the ISPs concerned; and

4. prosecute content providers who fail to comply with the statutory requirements.

Martinoei criticizes that all the suggestions imply an introduction of Great Fire Wall in Hong Kong:

蘇錦樑呢條X建聯黨員，話咁快就要在香港引進防火長城，淫審處本來己經被指權力過大，依家權力仲要大到搞過濾名單，係咪想搞香港版防火長城。照香港有大衛像都係淫褻嘅硬膠前科，隨時成個高登都會列入過濾名單，咁樣仲成世界？仲惡過廿三條。

Although the government stresses that it doesn't have any fixed position, erynnyes from Those were the days is still angry at the government's suggestions:

當然，政府把一切說成諮詢，政府沒有立場，甚至在文件中提出反對者聲音，以顯示中立，可是在童工角度，有些立場、建議，根本提出也是罪，因為這是削弱香港互聯網自由，完全毋須討論，皆因沒有任何妥協之餘地！那份諮詢文件，就像互聯網的23 條，只想打造一個超越中國的打壓互聯自由的香港金盾！

Hystericireul posts a large picture of David Statue in his blog to protest against the Indecent censorship policy. He also makes a dozen points on the consultation:

10. 淫唔淫，根本就係同洩唔洩一樣，各施各法各隨心。除左少部分好明顯變態嘔心核突既物品之外，根本好多物品就無一個清晰定義去界定點為之「淫」，尤其是當你成班仆街連大衛像都可以覺得係「淫褻」既話，仲有乜野係唔淫？vv物語講西，淫唔淫？西廂記夢中交合，淫唔淫？莫非我地以後創作時就唔可以打破古人既曖昧，照樣講到扑野就「呵呵，哈哈，嗯嗯」算數？

11. 根本個問題係，健立一個健康健全既人格，咁佢睇乜都唔會變壞。而家係你班撚樣搞柒左個社會，成班小朋友未升中先西窿，3456789p玩齊，呢個係佢地腦荀未生埋既問題，我地要做既係好好教導佢地，而唔係一味禁絕囉。

There are also some discussions from Internet forums, such as from pumb.org:

User169167 criticizes the government's official ability in governing Hong Kong:

雞有病 = 唔俾賣活雞唔使煩
樹有病 = 斬晒佢唔使煩
色情網頁教壞細佬 = block晒佢唔使煩

政府班高薪厚職既天材知唔知咩叫教育？

說穿了其實就係借管制色情網頁為開端，繼而達至更容易收緊其它題材網頁(例如政治、社論)，壓抑社會另類渠道反對聲音。

User george2be said that the government power should stay out of the filtering mechanism:

家長同學校想filter, 應該自己裝軟件做. 政府可以提供資源同條件令呢d軟件更易買到 (如跟機可以加). 根本無需要立法賦予政府設立過濾機制既權力.

正如莫乃光講, 現在最大問題係淫審處裁決標準不一, 缺乏公信力. 連定標準既機構都亂七八糟, 在未解決呢個問題前, 點可能立法比佢權力去過濾更多既言論同資訊.

倒行逆施莫過於此.

User P-U-M-B pointed out that the internet would eventually become intranet under such policy direction:

咁搞法 !! internet 變左intranet

Kay sets up a facebook group on defending internet freedom to follow through the consultation.