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Australia Plans to Censor the Internet

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the yeah-good-luck-with-that-mate dept.

SenatorLuddite writes "From January 20, 2008 new content laws introduced by the Federal Government will force sites to verify the age of users before accessing content intended for mature audiences (MA15+ and R18+). The laws bring internet classification into line with Film and Book classification laws and completely prohibits X18+ and RC content from the internet. ACMA (The Australian Communications and Media Authority) claims that adults will not be affected by the new laws, yet user-generated and even chatrooms are required to be assessed for classification and powers are granted to ACMA to send 'take down' notices to offending sites."

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  1. Awful by Odiumjunkie · · Score: 0, Troll

    TFA is terrible. What is X18+ and RC+ content? How is it possible that this content is prohibited, yet "adults won't be affected"? Does the new legislation cover just commercial content? Does the legislation only cover content hosted in Australia?

    I'm completely confused.

  2. Re:Is it really a bad thing? by Butisol · · Score: 0, Troll

    You dumb fuck. Get the fuck of the internet.

  3. Re:.kids and .xxx are fundamentally different. by rs79 · · Score: 0, Troll

    "Do not confuse .kids, which is a good idea, with .xxx, which is dangerous and stupid."

    You're guessing. And I'm guessing you're guessing wrong.

    Who'd want example.com when they could have example.xxx ?

    I think in time any pron sites left in .com will feel pressure to move to "where they should be".

    There's already a kids domain. It was a huge flop.

    Thanks for playing. Don Pardo do we have parting gifts for our contestant?

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