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Australian censorship law collapses under public disapprobation
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| South Australia's thin-skinned candy-ass
| politicians passed a law prohibiting any
| anonymous political commentary on blogs
| (but not "real" news-sources) prior to
| elections on penalty of a fine of AU$1250.
| Defending the measure, South Australia's
| Attorney General, Michael Atkinson claimed
| that a poster on AdelaideNow, Aaron
| Fornarino, was a fictional construct
| created by his political opponents to smear
| him. Turns out that Mr Fornarino lives just
| down the street from Atkinson's office.
| Humiliated, Atkinson rescinded the
| censorship law: "From the feedback we've
| received through AdelaideNow, the blogging
| generation believes that the law supported
| by all MPs and all political parties is
| unduly restrictive. I have listened. I will
| immediately after the election move to
| repeal the law retrospectively... It may be
| humiliating for me, but that's politics in
| a democracy and I'll take my lumps."
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http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/02/australian-censorshi.html
Liberties oversight panel gets short shrift
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| President Obama is coming under pressure
| from Democrats and civil liberties groups
| for failing to fill positions on an
| oversight panel formed in 2004 to make sure
| the government does not spy improperly on
| U.S. citizens.
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http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/feb/02/liberties-oversight-panel-gets-short-shr-15642008/
FBI wants records kept of Web sites visited
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| The FBI is pressing Internet service
| providers to record which Web sites
| customers visit and retain those logs for
| two years, a requirement that law
| enforcement believes could help it in
| investigations of child pornography and
| other serious crimes.
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10448060-38.html
Recent:
Why You Should Be Afraid Of Internet Censorship in Australia, Even If You Donât Live There
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| The spectre of broadscale Internet
| censorship in Australia has been covered
| previously here on The Next Web before, but
| many outside Australia may wonder: why
| should you care if you donât live in
| Australia.
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| If youâre not aware of whatâs proposed, the
| short version is that Australia is proposing
| to introduce a compulsory firewall that
| filters content based on a blacklist of
| banned sites.
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| Whatâs going to be on that list is even now
| still somewhat confused. The Censorship
| Minister Stephen Conroy has stated that all
| Refused Classification content will be
| banned, which in Australia would extend to
| computer games unsuitable for children
| (Australia has no adult (R18+) rating for
| computer games,) small breasts, information
| about euthanasia, discussion forums on
| anorexia, as well as the usual nasties of
| child porn. To complicate matters, a site
| may be refused classification in Australia
| if it links to a site that is refused
| classification, which could literally result
| in half the internet being blocked.
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http://thenextweb.com/au/2010/02/05/afraid-internet-censorship-australia-live/
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