M - Suitable for Mature Audiences, but anyone can see it.
R16 - Only people 16 and over can see it.
NZ uses the same rating system for all publications, be they film, books, pictures, or the internet...
Enforcement is another issue!
It would help if people actually read the report. First, its not a 'Government' Select Committee, its simply a Parliamentary Committee. Its a report to the Parliament, which includes some recommendations to the Government (which they are not bound to implement).
Second, it recommends a voluntary code of practice for ISPs, as a first step. This isn't cause of 'hue & cry' about internet censorship - which if some of the earlier commenters are correct is irrelevant anyway...
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A Government didn't recommend this. Might sound pedantic, but we still have a semblance of separation of powers in NZ...
No actually with the Mixed-Member Proportional voting system we have, we probably have more separation than before..
M - Suitable for Mature Audiences, but anyone can see it. R16 - Only people 16 and over can see it. NZ uses the same rating system for all publications, be they film, books, pictures, or the internet... Enforcement is another issue!
It would help if people actually read the report. First, its not a 'Government' Select Committee, its simply a Parliamentary Committee. Its a report to the Parliament, which includes some recommendations to the Government (which they are not bound to implement). Second, it recommends a voluntary code of practice for ISPs, as a first step. This isn't cause of 'hue & cry' about internet censorship - which if some of the earlier commenters are correct is irrelevant anyway...