Australian Internet Filter to Censor Freedom of Speech

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THE PROPOSED MANDATORY INTERNET FILTER, talked up by the Australian Government to protect children online, is now delving into freedom of speech. After a user under the alias of of xFOADx wrote on online forum Whirlpool this evening…. “1 email to ACMA and a completely random page belonging to an anti-abortion site and here is their response,” —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-— Subject: [...]

Australian Internet Filter to Censor Freedom of Speech

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4 Responses to “Australian Internet Filter to Censor Freedom of Speech”
  1. chaosboi says:

    So glad I clocked on the above website re abortion. Apparently it contains Malware!

    Maybe a warning next time?

    http://google.com/safebrowsing/diagnostic?tpl=safari&site=58.65.232.25&hl=en-au

  2. It is concerning when you hear stories like this. The ACMA is not the group I want deciding whether I can see something or not. That should be up to me. If I break any law by looking at something, then by all means lock me up. But don’t punish me because others do the wrong thing.

  3. Matt says:

    I wonder how long you will be able to keep this page up, given that the ACMA have served a takedown notice on web hosting company Bulletproof Networks (hosting Whirlpool.net).

    http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=1161107

  4. Anon says:

    Be very ironic if they do as they haven’t linked the site directly they just quoted a e-mail from the ACMA

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