Australia to censor internet
 

Using "think of the children!" as a cover, Dear Leader Kevin Rudd and Commissar for Communications Stephen Conroy will be implementing mandatory filtering of 'inappropriate' material.
As the Howard government demonstrated with their sweeping anti-terrorism laws, we can trust our government with vast unrestrained power.
http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/30...-the-internet/
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599...28-421,00.html
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2...31/2129471.htm
http://www.grods.com/post/1775/
The Australia Institute discussion paper this is being based on: http://www.tai.org.au/documents/dp_fulltext/DP53.pdf
You'd be mad to think anything critical of our treatment of Aboriginals, our policy towards East Timor & West Papua, or a thousand other topics just might be put on the block list.

Can't imagine the Liberal/National coalition voting against this on account of they fucking hate civil liberties; this has been a key policy of Family First since they managed to sneak a man into the senate; that leaves Greens, Nick Xenophon and any rebellious Labor senators. Oh joy.

That's crazy.

fuck off

reactionary bullshit, the parents should be censoring their childrens internet usage as my brother does with his kids not the government. you can always get around these things though by using proxys and tunnels.

Wait, what the fuck!?! Why the fuck are they doing this? That is so fucked up, seriously.

Now I know what you Yanks feel like when you have the Religious Right dictating policy :(

I wouldn't worry to much about it. Where there's a will, there's a way. :cool:

Tokolosh I wouldn't say that, we Americans have been trying so hard yet we are going nowhere.

You make it sound as if we Europeans have it all figured out.

Well it is better than America, where the right-wingers have made it seem that if you have an original thought you are the devil.

edit- By the way I am not sure how bad it is for you European.

"You obviously don't know me".

Tokolosh, save us!

Does this mean that I won't be able to bully gmku anymore?

Isn't he American?

you know what, i'm not even go on my fucking censorship rant because it would take 20 minutes to type. i'm just gonna say that you people are ASS BACKWARDS and leave it at that.

From what? Male white corporate oppression?


With that haircut and colour!
Never!!!

Ops!

I want to be Euro-thrash.

Lool