Australia Says No to Internet Censorship

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.

Comments

Re:OVER 9000??

[FugitiveMind]

Who's to say a /b/tard didn't submit the story? Anonymous is everywhere...

The Right to Freedom on the Net

[rarez]

I am Australian and I do not accept internet censorship lightly although I was unable to attend the protest. Krudd (Kevin Rudd) wants to copy china and maybe he even has plans to stop people talking about the government in the future too.

I believe we need freedom of speech in our democracy we have a echelon(well one i know of), spooks (people posing as children to catch pedophiles) which most other countries have but we've seen ads on television about it. And well last I knew the AFP where allowed to break into your computer without a warrant if you fall into a certain category.

So there are enough crazy measures in place without the need for "Australia's Great Firewall".

That's all.