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Australian Net Censorship Laws Draw Fire

Posted by timothy on from the now-you've-done-it dept.

downundarob writes: "According to this story, it appears that at least one part of the Australian Government may finally be starting to understand what the Internet is all about. The NSW Government's Standing Committee on Social Issues have recommended that the internet censorship laws passed by the NSW government should be repealed." This sounds great; getting laws repealed is a difficult process in any country, though.

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  1. All we need now is ... by tdelaney · · Score: 3, Insightful

    for the Federal govt also to understand what the internet is about ... and as a result take back control of the infrastructure and make the privately-owned portion of Telstra services only.

    Then maybe we will start to see some real advances ... and competition.