Archive for February, 2008
Tuesday, February 12th, 2008
News.com.au says Channel Nine's new show Underbelly has a "violent bashing, a sex scene, liberal use of the "F" word and a graphic shooting in cold blood - and that's the first 20 minutes."
Naturally, family groups like the AFA (the same people who said a stage play that depicted Jesus ...
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Tuesday, February 12th, 2008
Australian school children will today participate in International Safer Internet Day, a campaign aimed at educating kids about cybersafety.
ACMA Chairman Chris Chapman is coordinating the Aussie part of the event:
?Safer Internet Day is a fun and effective way to raise awareness of issues affecting children online? he said. 'Cybersafety ...
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Sunday, February 10th, 2008
Adult Paysite reviewer, ReviewPorn.com, has restricted access to users visiting their site from within Australia. Their webpage states: Due to new Australian Laws this website cannot be viewed.
Review Porn is likely referring to the 2007 Restricted Access Systems Declaration, but its main reach extends only to content hosted in Australia. ...
Posted in Internet Censorship | 2 Comments »
Friday, February 8th, 2008
Senator Conroy will be interviewed by finance journo Alan Kohler on the ABC's Inside Business program this Sunday (10/02/2008) . It's unlikely mandatory filtering will get much attention (if any), but it'll be worth checking out just to hear Mr Conroy's other plans for broadband and tech in this country.
Inside ...
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Tuesday, February 5th, 2008
The music clip for Kylie Minogue's new track Wow has been yanked before it could air by UK communications regulator Ofcom. Not because Kylie's strutting around in gold short shorts or flashing side-boobie (this time around she's covered head to toe in a secondhand space suit). It's because the Wow ...
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