Australia Censoring The Internet

Australia Censoring The Internet

Hummm, the first bad news de 2008:

Australia Joins China In Censoring The Internet:

“The Australian Government has announced that they will be joining China as one of the few countries globally that broadly censor the internet. TechCrunch reports.

The Labor Party’s policy was announced prior to the Australian Election in November (release here) and was justified on the basis that the previous Government’s policy of providing free copies of NetNanny to all Australian households who wanted it didn’t adequately protect children…”