Australia pushes further Web censorship

[CGowen]

A bill introduced this week by Australia's Parliament would give the Australian federal police the power to control which sites can and cannot be viewed by Australian Web surfers.

Introduced on Thursday, the bill--titled the Communications Legislation Amendment (Crime or Terrorism Related Internet Content) Bill 2007--would empower the federal police to alter the "blacklist" of sites that are currently prohibited by the Australian Communications and Media Authority.

The list currently includes pornography and "offensive material." However, under the amendment, federal police would be able to add other sites to the list, including content that the AFP Commissioner "has reason to believe...is crime- or terrorism-related content."

The definition of material that may be liable for censorship includes Internet content that "encourages, incites or induces," "facilitate(s)" or "has, or is likely to have, the effect of facilitating" a crime.

Once such content has been identified by the AFP, Internet service providers may be responsible for blocking their users from accessing it.

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[Esra Star]

1. The question I have is:-

How can this be achieved technically?

[Swagman]

2. hopefull y there will always be a way around it..thanks

to renegade IT people.

One step closer to "thought crime".

They try blocking sites in China and Thailand..but inevitably people can get around it. In Thailand you can't even access sites offering proxies-but clever wording will get you through.

Governments simply cannot stand people have something the government has no control over.

[tailwind]

3. Bump for importance.

Fascism here we come.

[AX10]

4. K & R!

Defeat Howard, Vote Labor!