IP: Australian Internet Censorship [WAS:[Oz-ISP] censorship legislation out!]

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

> Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 16:24:22 +1000 (EST)
> From: Michael Taylor <mitaylor () cisco com>
> To: farber () cis upenn edu
>
> Hello,
>
> My name is Mike Taylor,  I work for Cisco in Australia.
>
> I have been seeing a lot of traffic on a local ISP list here (aussie-isp () aussie net) about Net censorship in 
> Australia.
>
> It is of GRAVE concern to us down here, and I just wanted to pass this on to you (at the suggestion of one of my 
> collegues).
>
> The Australian government has just legislated that ISPs are liable for 'undesireable' content that their users may see 
> on 'the internet'.
>
> This is in spite of a report by the CSIRO (Govt. Science oragnisation) that technically it's impossible.
>
> We have no constitution, being a Commonwealth country, not a republic, so it looks like we're screwed!!!!
>
> There are links below to a couple of articles.
>
> Best Regards,
> Mike Taylor
> Cisco Systems Australia
>
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> Subject: [Oz-ISP] censorship legislation out!
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> The announcement
> http://www.dcita.gov.au/nsapi-text/?MIval=dca_dispdoc&pathid=3762
> (And attempt to browbeat the ALP into supporting it.)
>
> The bill (Word .doc format)
> http://www.aph.gov.au/parlinfo/billsnet/9907720.doc
>
> The speech:
> http://www.dcita.gov.au/nsapi-text/?MIval=dca_dispdoc&pathid=%2fpolicy%2fonline2rs%2ehtml
>
> It seems to be basically what we've been expecting.
>
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