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Google, Yahoo and Others Fight the Aussie Filter

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the quit-trying-to-legislate-this-crap dept.

TheFrunj writes "In the wake of an attack on Australian Government websites comes a statement from a joint group of companies banding together to oppose Senator Conroy's infamous Internet Filter. AtomicMPC has posted the statement up on their site: 'We, the Australian Library and Information Association, Google, Inspire Foundation and Yahoo! agree that Australia needs to take effective action to ensure that internet users, and particularly children, have a safe experience online.' Backed by the weight of the Inspire Foundation, Google and Yahoo, this is a good sign for the local and international community that will hopefully spark some positive reaction."

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  1. Re:What about china? by martas · · Score: 3, Funny

    if china jumped off a bridge, my fall would be cushioned my a huge mountain of mushy human remnants, so why the heck not?

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    weinersmith
  2. These people sure think about children alot by Duradin · · Score: 4, Funny

    All this thinking about children these people do just doesn't seem healthy. They're probably using all this as a cover so they can think about children like ...that. To be safe we better lock them all up as pedos for thinking about children so much.

  3. Re:As a parent, I would like to make a suggestion. by martas · · Score: 3, Funny

    or you could just let them do whatever the fuck they want. even porn gets old eventually. at least for a while. maybe a few hours. or minutes... sorry, gotta go!

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    weinersmith
  4. Re:As a parent, I would like to make a suggestion. by Duradin · · Score: 5, Funny

    Congratulations on spawning. Here's your cookie.