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Australian Gov't To Launch Net Crackdown

Posted by timothy on from the but-they've-now-offended-me dept.

docfisher writes "According to this article on whirlpool, the Australian Govt is proposing laws that would allow sentences of up to two years jail time for using the internet for "menacing or offensive purposes". According to The Age, Protest organisers will also be targetted in the clampdown. Press release by Senator Alston here."

2 of 24 comments (clear)

  1. Oy.... by tha_mink · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's Australian for fascism.

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    You'll have that sometimes...
  2. Who cares? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    They're all a bunch of criminals anyway.

    I mean, Australia *was* a prison island for England afterall.