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Australia Says No to Internet Censorship

Posted by timothy on from the war-of-attrition dept.

Brenton Fletcher writes "A nationwide protest rally against the internet censorship filter proposed by the Australian Labor Government was held today. Over 9,000 people were slated to attend. I was fortunate enough to go to the rally on the steps of Parliament House in Adelaide, South Australia. I heard speeches from the Digital Liberty Coalition, the Green Left Weekly, and other concerned members of the public." Reader mask.of.sanity adds a link to ComputerWorld's photo-heavy coverage of the gatherings.

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  1. OVER 9000?? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    /b/ is going to be all over this story...

    1. Re:OVER 9000?? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      YES. WE ARE LEGION.

    2. Re:OVER 9000?? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Original poster here.

      Yep, I am a /b/tard, but the speaker at the protest really did say 9,000 people.

  2. Australia Says No by ArchieBunker · · Score: 3, Funny

    But "Australian Government Says Yes" The government always knows whats best and do not question their motives.

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    Only the State obtains its revenue by coercion. - Murray Rothbard
    1. Re:Australia Says No by Nazlfrag · · Score: 4, Funny

      The Australian government is serious about protecting your family online.

  3. Re:Good by senorpoco · · Score: 5, Funny

    Removing the 'Passive' from passive-aggressive I see

  4. More like ... by PPH · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... Australia says "No [expletive deleted] way!" to Internet censorship.

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    Have gnu, will travel.
  5. Re:Good by Starayo · · Score: 3, Funny

    No way, it teaches school kids about proxies. :P

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    Ezekiel 23:20
  6. Re:Australia says "Show us your map of Tassie!" by dangitman · · Score: 3, Funny

    An upside-down triangle? What does that even mean? I didn't know triangles had a "right " way up. A triangle is simply a triangle, whatever its orientation.

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    ... and then they built the supercollider.
  7. Re:A DINGO ATE MAH BEBEH by alienunknown · · Score: 5, Funny

    What we really need is a filter to filter out dingo jokes.