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Australian Enterprises Block Sex Party's Political Site

Posted by timothy on from the be-the-change-you-want-to-see dept.

schliz writes "Corporate web filters in some organizations are blocking web access to the Australian Sex Party, which is a registered political party that is contesting Australia's upcoming August 21 Federal Election. The site features policies and campaign material, including opposition to the Government's mandatory internet filtering proposal. Party convener Fiona Patten said that although the term 'sex' in the party's website URL could be responsible for its filtering woes, the party is unlikely to consider a name change: 'I think the fact that people are still blocking our site just because of the word "sex" in the name shows that we need this political movement.'"

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  1. Though to ponder. by sjwt · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Just because they think the reason it is bolocked is because of the word sex in the URL, dosent meen that is the reason.

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  2. A filter method doomed to fail? by kaptink · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I have to admitt that seeing www.sexparty.org.au does not make me think of politics at a first glance. But it's interesting however that filters will pick it up as adult content when i'm sure other sites contain sex somewhere in the url - for example deliveriesexpress.com.au. I assume since sex is the first part of the url it is picked up. What about sextantrepairs.com or any of these http://www.morewords.com/starts-with/sex/ ?

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  3. sex party? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Is this a real political party or just a joke?

    If it is a real party, what are their policies?

    I know .au has a legal requirement to vote, and preferential voting, so I am not surprised if they get this sort of thing.

    1. Re:sex party? by stimpleton · · Score: 2, Interesting

      "so I am not surprised if they get this sort of thing."

      What sort of thing is that?

      This is democracy at work. Dont vote for them then. Once you start suppressing who can run for parliament you may as well start putting out the tenders for Gulag construction now.

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    2. Re:sex party? by SpazmodeusG · · Score: 2, Interesting

      So they're the exact opposite of the fundamentalists?

      They have my vote then.