Summary
A year later, following a closed test of Internet service provider filters by the Australian Communications and Media Authority, the government began to consider enacting such a program. Since June 2008, Sen. Stephen Conroy, the minister for broadband, communications and the digital economy, has actively promoted the use of filters to protect children from pornography and violence on the Internet.
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Controlling the Internet Down Under
THE LAND DOWN UNDER may soon impose strict Internet controls. Proponents say the move will protect children. Opponents contend the Great Aussie Firewall is nothing more than outright censorship.
The Australian government announced in December that it will m...See the full content of this document
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