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Australian government to censor the Internet by 2011
Stephen Conroy, Minister for Communications, today released a new discussion paper requesting stakeholder feedback on how the "Refused Classification" (RC) list should be overseen, and by which agency. The government has already determined how it will compile the RC list, though, mentioning a "public complaints mechanism", but has not elaborated.
ZDNet notes that the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) is a likely candidate for overseeing the new RC list, as it already manages a list of locally hosted illegal content. Appointed or not, Conroy reportedly said the agency would receive additional funds to boost the security of the RC content list.
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Guest
on February 21, 2010 9:27 PM |
hear the interview with South East Asia news to see and hear who is behind the internet censorship http://www.thetrollhouse.net/forum/index.php/topic,4569.new. |
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Guest
on February 22, 2010 2:07 AM |
Australia is not a religious country! 16% say they go to church. 30% are not religious at all. 64% say they are christian, but like I said, only 16% actually go to church. I know a lot of people that say they are christian, but they aren't really. I'm an Australian athiest and very proud of it. These censorship laws are rediculous. Our prime minister kevin Rudd is an *****. I've met him once in real life when he came to talk at our school, years ago, we were in Brisbane and he said "Hello, it's good to be here in Rockamptom" that's 8 hours north! He is an absolute *****, the only reason people voted for him was because the liberal party wanted to remove all the rights workers have for overtime rates and holidays etc... In Australia we don't vote for a political party, we just vote out political parties. They want to censor australians internet access so we can no longer download shows from overseas, I have heaps of shows that you can't get any access to on t.v over here or in the dvd shops. The t.v series Reaper, or the IT crowd, all great shows that we can't ever see over here unless we download them. And they don't want to let us do that any more. If they provided us with more then 4 t.v channels and some programs that weren't complete crap, then we wouldn't have to download any 'illegal' content in the first place. As for them censoring porn, it's rediculous. This is one of their censorships, 'women with a size A cup are not allowed to be viewed in pornography because they look like boys and it will encourage pedophilia'. This country is screwed! |
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red1776
on February 22, 2010 2:16 AM |
As for them censoring porn, it's rediculous. This is one of their censorships, 'women with a size A cup are not allowed to be viewed in pornography because they look like boys and it will encourage pedophilia'. are you kidding?....or is that true? |
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captaincranky
on February 22, 2010 4:53 PM |
As for them censoring porn, it's rediculous. This is one of their censorships, 'women with a size A cup are not allowed to be viewed in pornography because they look like boys and it will encourage pedophilia'. Perhaps the less endowed female porn stars, could sport a "tramp stamp" for the front, so to speak. Something on the order of ,"I'm a girl, and this IS the front". >> (o) (o) << I suppose that might be an acceptable "work around". |
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