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Australia’s Latest Censorship Targets: Facebook And Game Review Sites 25 February 2010 at 5:48 pm by admin

The ongoing obsession with censorship by the Australian Government continues with two new targets coming into view: Facebook and game review sites. The interest in Facebook comes after a number of tribute Facebook groups for killed kiddies were defaced.

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+ Australia May Extend Censorship To Include Anything Deemed Racist, Including Blog Comments By admin 21 February 2010 at 5:16 pm and have No Comments

The Australian Government is considering a crackdown on online racism, including the possibility of extending the proposed internet filter to block anything moderately deemed as racist content.

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+ Why The Australian Anti-Censorship Movement May Lose By admin 10 February 2010 at 4:41 am and have No Comments

If you haven’t seen our coverage before, the Australian Government is proposing to introduce Chinese style internet censorship on internet access in Australia. Going into the last Australian Election, the Australian Labor Party (ALP) presented a policy of voluntary internet censorship to the polls

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+ 12 Hours Later, The Anonymous Campaign Against The Australian Government Continues By admin 10 February 2010 at 3:26 am and have No Comments

12 hours after launching Operation Titstorm, the campaign by Anonymous against the Australian Government continues.

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+ Anonymous Targets Australian Gov. Over Censorship In Operation Titstorm By admin 09 February 2010 at 7:04 pm and have No Comments

Anonymous has targeted the Australian Government today in a co-ordinated protest raid against Australia’s ban on small breasts and proposed introduction of Internet censorship.

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+ Why You Should Be Afraid Of Internet Censorship in Australia, Even If You Don’t Live There By admin 07 February 2010 at 3:47 pm and have No Comments

“The spectre of broadscale Internet censorship in Australia has been covered previously here on The Next Web before, but many outside Australia may wonder: why should you care if you don’t live in Australia.” So begins my guest post at The Next Web. To read the rest, click here.

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+ Australian Government Censor Confirms Small Breast Ban…Sort Of By admin 28 January 2010 at 5:13 pm and have No Comments

The news yesterday that the Australian Government has banned small breasts in adult content on the basis that they might look underage has been confirmed…sort of. In response to Somebody Think of the Children , the Australian Censorship Board (ACB) stated that “publications which contain offensive depictions or descriptions of persons who are or appear to be persons under the age of 18 (whether they are engaged in sexual activity or not) must be classified RC (Refused Classification.) Some Australian sites with a pro-censorship bias are reporting that this does not amount to a ban on small breasts, but it is nothing of the sort.

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+ Millions Of Extra Sites To Be Censorsed As Australian Gov. Bans Small Breasts, Female Ejaculation By admin 27 January 2010 at 8:33 pm and have No Comments

Any pretense from the Australian Government that its proposed internet filter will not extend to millions of sites has died with news that the Government has banned small breasts and female ejaculation in adult material. The ban (RC) on small breasted women in adult publications has been made by the Australian Classification Board allegedly on the grounds that such images could be construed as child pornography, even where those publications comply with American law and keep certification that performers are over 18.

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Millions Of Extra Sites To Be Censorsed As Australian Gov. Bans Small Breasts, Female Ejaculation

+ Google Nexus One Delayed In China As Censorship Fight Continues By admin 19 January 2010 at 8:22 am and have No Comments

We knew it was only a matter of time before Google’s refusal to censor search results in China would spill over into other aspects of the companies business, now the Cupertino, California company have announced the delay of the Google Nexus One. The phone, which was set to release on Wednesday, joins the Motorola and Samsung Android based phones we announced earlier today

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+ Google Delays Two Android Phones In China Over Censorship Issues By admin 19 January 2010 at 7:32 am and have No Comments

China Unicom has announced today that their two newest Google Android based devices have been delayed as the Cupertino, CA company continues to battle China over internet search censorship issues. The devices include an offering from Samsung and one from Motorola

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