AU Classification Board To Censor Mobile Apps

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday October 21, 2009 @09:13PM 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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Re:I was going to take issue with the word "censor by srjh · 2009-10-21 23:20 · Score: 4, Informative

Unfortunately they're not quite that honest - that title is from the author, not the Australian Government.
His actual title is "Minister for Home Affairs".
I would have said that the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy was more deserving of that title. He's the one pushing for mandatory state-wide internet filtering, three-strike copyright infringement laws, and privacy/interception exemptions for ISPs so they can prove their users aren't breaking the law. Also known as the internet villain of the year.