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Nation-Wide Internet Censorship Proposed For Australia
sparky1240 writes "While Americans are currently fighting the net-neutrality wars, spare a thought for the poor Australians — The Australian government wants to implement a nation-wide 'filtering' scheme to keep everyone safe from the nasties on the internet, with no way of opting out: 'Under the government's $125.8 million Plan for Cyber-Safety, users can switch between two blacklists which block content inappropriate for children, and a separate list which blocks illegal material. ... According to preliminary trials, the best Internet content filters would incorrectly block about 10,000 Web pages from one million."
So you're ok with child porn then ? Or your bank details appearing on the web ? ...
You seem to be confusing free speech with censorship. You are entitled to write/say anything you like, but no-one is forced to read/listen. In the case of your "speech" causing harm to others, then it is perfectly acceptable to have it censored.
I can stand at the corner shouting kill all muslims, but if the authorities do nothing, then the muslims think that the authorities agree and that causes trouble for everybody. So I don't get to do that.(not that I would want to)
You can't have everything you want. Do you really want to see goatse on the front page of your local newspaper ? Or should the editor decide against it ? Is that censorship ?
Argue amongst yourself