[ExI] Aussie net filter

[John Grigg]

Damien, along with this Aussie development, we should also discuss
"The Great Firewall of China."

http://www.theage.com.au/technology/the-great-firewall-of-china-20100324-qwo9.html

http://www.greatfirewallofchina.org/

John

On 7/21/10, Damien Broderick <thespike at satx.rr.com> wrote:
> http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/07/21/2960252.htm
>
>
> Labor's internet filtering policy isn't being discussed in the run-up to the
> election but its impact on Australia is significant.
>
> Championed by Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital
> Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, the $30million+ filter is being sold by
> Labor as an internet block for child pornography, bestiality and extreme
> pornography with 'wide ranging support from the Australian public' and 'only
> minimal opposition against'.
>
> But after a new, lengthy investigation it transpires that virtually none of
> this is true. What Australia will get from this internet filter is a
> framework for censorship that doesn't stop "the worst of the worst" but will
> absolutely curtail discussion on politically incorrect topics like
> euthanasia, safe drug taking and graffiti while banning relatively-tame
> adult content.
>
> (etc)
>
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