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AU Classification Board To Censor Mobile Apps

Posted by samzenpus on from the we-got-a-ban-for-that dept.

bennyboy64 writes "The Australian Classification Board is seeking to censor mobile phone applications under its National Classification Scheme. 'I recently wrote to the minister [Minister McDonald] regarding my concern that some so-called mobile phone applications, which can be purchased online or either downloaded to mobile phones or played online via mobile phone access, are not being submitted to the board for classification,' Australia's Classification Board director Donald McDonald told a Senate Estimates committee. I wonder if they know that there are over 80,000 applications on the iPhone platform alone?"

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  1. I was going to take issue with the word "censor" by Rogerborg · · Score: 4, Funny

    Then I RTFA:

    iTnews has since been informed that Minister McDonald was referring to Commonwealth Censorship Minister Brendan O'Connor.

    Well, how charmingly honest of them. In a more sophisticated regime, that would be "Minister for the Protection of Cute Children's Precious, Precious Innocence."

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  2. Proposed Categories by Ukab+the+Great · · Score: 4, Funny

    No need to worry yet. Perhaps the categories will be

    1. Boobies
    2. Extra Boobies
    3. Mediocre girl-girl
    4. Wicked Awesome girl-girl
    5. Why would you pay 99 cents for that boring thing, mate?