Umbrella’s ‘definitive’ R18+ Deep Throat is censored
Refused-Classification.com draws attention to the fact that Umbrella Entertainment’s R18+ DVD release of the porn classic Deep Throat is censored, despite being marketed as the ‘definitive release.’ Whilst it isn’t edited, all the hardcore sex in this version is zoomed out. Speaking of Umbrella, they also just released Linda Lovelace for President: ‘A makeshift political...
Are our censors deluded?
I just made my first post on NoCensorshipAus (a new collaborative blog) about News Ltd’s puff piece on Australian Classification Board member Alexandra Greene. Greene told the paper that she doesn’t consider her role at the ACB to be that of a censor, she merely informs people about what they are about to watch and...
Censorship events at Brisbane Writers Fest – Free ticket to attend
Heads up Brisbane folk: There’s two censorship related events at this years Brisbane Writers Festival. Firstly the giveaway: Censorship and the Internet is a ‘searching examination of the ways the internet is threatening the rule of some of the planet’s most repressive governments.’ Antony Loewenstein and Annie Guest to host. When: 12:40PM Sunday 21st of...
Collaborative blog about censorship launched
NoCensorshipAus is a new collaborative blog open to anyone wanting to express themselves on matters of censorship. Worth keeping an eye on. Also, remember to check out the NoCensorshipAus YouTube Channel (there’s a condensed version of Salo and Baise-Moi, historical extracts from “The Book that Shook the World”, the Q&A games debate and lots more)....
Should there be a global Internet Bill of Rights?
In November 2007, The Pew Internet & American Life Project surveyed attendees at the second Internet Governance Forum in Rio de Janeiro to find out their views on how governments and other regulators should structure policy about the internet, amongst other things. The results? Respondents indicated strong support for the establishment of a global internet...
