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Is Australia the Next Saudi Arabia? »

By Curt on Jan 10, 2008 in Free speech, Australia, Anti-Free Speech Laws, Censorship | 0 Comments

According to OpenNet Initiative, Australia has taken another, most more drastic step to censor the Internet for the whole country.

The Australian Telecommunications Minister Stephen Conroy announced on December 31 2007 that mandatory filtering of the Internet would be instituted there. This announcement follows the Rudd government’s plan to provide a “clean feed internet service […]

Australian Politician Bent on Censorship of the Internet »

By Curt on Sep 20, 2007 in Australia, Filtering, Censorship | 0 Comments

The desire to censor is global. An article in The Australian outlines efforts by Communications Minister Senator Helen Coonan to extend the “black list” of banned websites in that country. The West’s equivalent to “insulting the leaders” and “fomenting hatred” is “enabling terrorism” and that’s the fulcrum Senator Helen’s legislation moves on.