INTERNET CENSORSHIP: Australia
Global Research Editor's Note
First Australia, then the US, Canada, the EU and the rest of the "Free World".... These measures create an important precedent.
The mandatory blocking of illegal material is a pretext. These measures are ultimately intended to curb free expression and silence that part of the alternative media which is not already controlled either by the mainstream media or by major foundations.
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Australia will join China in implementing mandatory censoring of the internet under plans put forward by the Federal Government.
The revelations emerge as US tech giants Google, Microsoft and Yahoo, and a coalition of human rights and other groups unveiled a code of conduct aimed at safeguarding online freedom of speech and privacy.
The government has declared it will not let internet users opt out of the proposed national internet filter.
The plan was first created as a way to combat child pornography and adult content, but could be extended to include controversial websites on euthanasia or anorexia.
Communications minister Stephen Conroy revealed the mandatory censorship to the Senate estimates committee as the Global Network Initiative, bringing together leading companies, human rights organisations, academics and investors, committed the technology firms to "protect the freedom of expression and privacy rights of their users"....
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Yes right.....just like Homeland Security in US which strips the RIGHTS of the people?
I think its more in controlling the flow of infos which the stream media fails to cover or manipulated.
Think Big.
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Peace out
The pretext is protecting the children and the vulnerable. Although the cencorship will be mandatory, people will be able to opt-out of it.