A return to wowserism in the name of politics

Quite unannounced, the Rudd Government has imposed fines totalling thousands of dollars as a result of raids on adult shops, forcing some out of business and sending the proprietor of a retailer in Sydney's Oxford Street to prison for three months.

The sentence was imposed by a Sydney Magistrate for selling blue movies and confirmed on appeal. The proprietor Daryl Cohen began his sentence last month.

He is, as far as can be established, the first person to go to prison for the victimless crime of pornography for more than 60 years.


Link: ABC's The Drum

Stephen Conroy dodges abandoned internet filter election promises

I can't see that he actually answered the question...

Conroy to go on ABC Radio National

Conroy to go on ABC Radio National 6pm tomorrow.

You'll be able to listen online after if you miss it.

The federal government will introduce mandatory internet filtering this year. And after recent abuse appearing on Facebook memorial sites, the government is also looking at establishing an internet ombudsman. So how far should control of the internet go for the sake of making the online world safer for children? Is it actually possible to make the internet safe?

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The comments up already aren't very complimentary. :)

[Government] Internet: ignorance is the real threat

If you've spent any significant time following the Open Internet campaign, you'll see that Rudd's censorship proposal isn't the only internet issue that gives the community cause to take umbrage.

Link: ABC.net.au

Hungry Beast reveals Australians support proposed internet filter

WTF!?

80% of Australians are in favour of the Federal Government's proposed mandatory internet filter according to a new nationwide telephone poll commissioned by Hungry Beast that will be featured when the show returns to ABC TV tonight, 9pm on ABC1.

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Net filter that helps no-one

Every proposal has costs as well as benefits and these have to be weighed. If the filter merely gives parents a false sense of security, by lessening oversight it may actually worsen the experience of children online.

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ABC coverage

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This opens a page with the ABC's first reaction to Conroy's announcement that the filter had passed the test and was going ahead.