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Oppose internet censorship it is important! |
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Written by Les Fawkes
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Tuesday, 26 January 2010 |
Oppose internet censorship - it is important for your freedom of speech!
The Federal Government wants to pass laws to force internet service providers to block banned material hosted on overseas servers.
Internet
censorship in Australia primarily is the proposed banning of certain
Internet materials by the Australian Federal Government, through
restriction of site access on all Australian Internet Service Providers
thus restricting that information to the end user.
This
will bring the Australian Government in line with countries like China,
Burma, North Korea and Iran that filter the information available via
the internet.
The
alleged purpose of internet filtering is to stop the use of the
internet to people who use it to carry out their devious pursuits of
child pornography.
Communications Minister Stephen Conroy says he intends to introduce the legislation in the first half of 2010.
There
is also a huge cost to internet service providers to ensure this
filtration. This means that this cost will be passed onto the
individual internet user.
Most
informed people in the internet industry believe that the mandatory
internet filter will not protect children from harmful content on the
internet and will waste taxpayers’ money.
Whilst
the stated aim is to help protect children from the dangers of the
Internet, this paternalistic scheme should raises some issues that
affect all Australians.
As a
source of daily information, the Internet increases in importance every
day. Is it really safe for the Government of the day to decide what
Australian adults can and can’t see? Who knows what political
information will be secretly blocked in future years?
There is more here to consider in respect to free speech than what may first appear.
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 26 January 2010 )
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