Local censors target porn (The Australian)

[David Goldstein <goldstein_david@yahoo.com.au>]

Hi all

A story from today's The Australian newspaper on the content
regulation scheme in Oz. There is also a much larger story in The
Australian, syndicated from the current edition of The Economist, on
content regulation and how government's are becoming more involved in
regulating the Net for those who have access to either, that is not
on The Australian's web site, but is on The Economist's web site. 

Cheers
David

Local censors target porn
       Michelle Gilchrist
       18 January 2001


Criticism has been levelled at the Australian Government on internet
content - for doing too much to control it, not too little. 

The trigger for Australia's laws was not so-called "hate" websites
but extreme pornography, especially child pornography. Racist and
inflammatory sites still rest in a regulatory limbo that may be
clarified by the Federal Court later this year.

Australia was one of the first, and most aggressive, governments to
police the internet and has attracted harsh criticism for meddling in
a supposedly censorship-free zone. Its attempts to control the net
have been blamed for virtually all the ills of the Australian
information technology industry, as well as the sinking Australian
dollar last year, weighed down by the "old economy" tag. Opponents
claim controls on the internet represent a Luddite Government that
does not understand technology.

     See
http://australianit.news.com.au/common/storyPage/0,3811,1612986%255E442,00.html
for the full story.


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