Australia To Become The New China – Internet Censorship

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Mattias Geniar, October 17, 2008

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Australia’s so called “Cyber-Safety Plan” would place them on par with the Great Firewall of China. A nationwide censorship, primarily ment to prevent childporn- and terrorist-websites from reaching their mainland through the World Wide Web, but “upgraded” to include erotic websites as well. 

The plan is to allowed internet-users to “opt out” of this censorship program, but that doesn’t seem to go so easily.

Yet another blow to freedome of speech.



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