nocensorship.info is holding a series of rallies nationally against the Government’s proposed Internet “Clean Feed”. Gatherings are to be held in all the capitals, with details being found on Facebook. For Canberra residents the rally is being held tomorrow Saturday, December 13, 2008, City Walk (near the triangle fountain).
Check out this link for details on a rally happening near you!
The Federal Government wants to introduce filters to stop people accessing x-rated material, child pornography and inappropriate material.
The plan is being opposed by the internet industry which says it opens the door to censorship of other material, including political views.
“We’re very, very concerned that there’s going to be a unnecessary clamp down on the internet and it has to be watched,” Greens leader Bob Brown told ABC Television on Tuesday… (Source)
Senate President Alan Ferguson today revealed Parliament House’s internet filtering system had been extended to senators’ offices, formerly exempt from the restrictions.
The system blocks access to “blacklisted” material, which also includes websites about illegal drugs, illegal weapons and racial hate.
But the Australian Democrats have complained bitterly about the move, saying the system is blocking legitimate sites they need for research purposes…
“It seems to me to be a form of censorship which has absolutely no purpose,” Democrats Senator Lyn Allison told the Senate…And I object to the fact that someone else is deciding what is a morally appropriate website for me to observe and what is not.” (Source)
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