Banned hyperlinks could cost you $11, 000 a day (in Australia)

[quispiam lepidus <quispiam.lepidus () gmail com>]

It seems the ACMA is continuing its draconian Internet censorship in
Australia. Earlier this week it threatened www.whirlpool.net.au, a
popular Australian tech site, with $11k/day fines if it did not remove
a forum post containing a link to a page on their "secret" filter
list. Something that's also interesting is they went straight to the
hosting provider, not to whirlpool itself, with the threat.

It also appears that some pages on wikileaks have now made it onto the
filter list.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/home/technology/banned-hyperlinks-could-cost-you-11000-a-day/2009/03/17/1237054787635.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1

"The Australian communications regulator says it will fine people who
hyperlink to sites on its blacklist, which has been further expanded
to include several pages on the anonymous whistleblower site
Wikileaks.

Wikileaks was added to the blacklist for publishing a leaked document
containing Denmark's list of banned websites.

The move by the Australian Communications and Media Authority comes
after it threatened the host of online broadband discussion forum
Whirlpool last week with a $11,000-a-day fine over a link published in
its forum to another page blacklisted by ACMA - an anti-abortion
website."

Some more here:
http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,,25196505-15306,00.html
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