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Internet censorship plan (of Australia) gets the green light
YelliChink
12/15/2009 6:21:18 PM
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/internet-censorship-plan-gets-the-green-light-20091215-ktzc.html
[quote] The Federal Government has announced it will proceed with controversial plans to censor the internet after Government-commissioned trials found filtering a blacklist of banned sites was accurate and would not slow down the internet. [unquote]
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YelliChink
12/24/2009 12:55:49 PM
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Reporters without Borders, a France-based organisation that, among other things, fights against censorship and laws that undermine press freedom, has written an open letter to Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd, condemning communications minister Stephen Conroy's plan to introduce mandatory Internet filtering by ISPs.
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YelliChink
2/23/2010 2:02:12 AM
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In China, such practices are
well publicized
and long standing. However, Australia and France have quietly taken steps to adopt similar internet filtering, both on the grounds of
piracy
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In Australia, the Labour party has defied critics on the left and right and repeatedly tried to enact legislation to censor the internet, filtering out what it deems harmful
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shot down in 2008
.
However, in December 2009, the
legislation was reborn
; this time the government agreed to public trials that would shape the final bill, raising its likelihood of approval. Meanwhile, the government is pursuing other means to censor offensive material; the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) actively is using takedown notices and threats of fines to prevent Australian-hosted sites from linking to a blacklist of prohibited sites.
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WarNerd
2/23/2010 4:53:13 AM
Anybody want to bet that the banned sites cannot create new sites to get around the blacklist faster than those sites can be added to the list? I understand that the Chinese hackers have a lot of experience in that area to share.
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