Ian Hilliard <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> Australia to extend web censorship
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | Privacy advocates take a dim view of this proposal, naturally. Roger
>> | Clarke, chair of the Australian Privacy Foundation, said "This
>> | government's extremism has reached new heights today." He asked "How can
>> | a politician claim the right to hold office if they set out to undermine
>> | the critical democratic right of freedom of speech, and blatantly
>> | decline to evaluate the impact of measures put before the Parliament?"
>> `----
>>
>>
> http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2007/09/26/australia-extend-web-censorship
>>
>
> The chances of this law being enacted are minuscule as the present
> government is likely to go to an election before the end of the year and
> their chances of being returned are also minuscule.
>
Ah, some slightly good news then :-)
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