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Guest ShaQuaNew

Some might not think of China being the trend setter when it comes to policing the internet, but when it comes to Australia, they would prefer to follow suit:

 

Australia to implement mandatory internet censorship

 

October 29, 2008 12:02pm

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.

 

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,2...37-2862,00.html

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Guest ShaQuaNew

Yep, no shortage of random acts of government stupidity here either. I think the best one in recent memory was "hey, let's join our friends the Americans on their wonderful adventure in Iraq!".

:angry:

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Ya, the government fiber group doesn't want so much stuff as porn and nigerian scams thrown around their piece of pipe. Makes a lot of sense.

 

*sigh*

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