[Sheflug] Australia - No opt-out of filtered Internet

[Richard Ibbotson <richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

HI

I thought things were getting bad for the internet in this country 
until I read this....

"  Australians will be unable to opt-out of the government's pending 
Internet content filtering scheme, and will instead be placed on a 
watered-down blacklist, experts say.  Under the government's $125.8 
million Plan for Cyber-Safety, users can switch between two blacklists 
which block content inappropriate for children, and a separate list 
which blocks illegal material.  "

Hmmm... basic civil liberties ?  Seems to have been forgotten about ?  
More info here...

http://lists.slug.org.au/archives/slug/2008/10/msg00099.html


-- 
Richard

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