Insight on SBS is preparing a show exploring the issue of cybersafety and the government’s plans to regulate the Internet. Please contact Anne Worthington on anne.worthington @ sbs.com.au or 02 94303826 if you feel you’d be a good addition to the debate.
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4 Responses to “SBS Insight want to talk to you about mandatory filtering”
Good idea. The more TV programs focus on the issue to make the public more aware, the better.
I would participate in the debate myself, but my speech is not good. Perhaps I could get one of my friends to talk.
By Glenn on Mar 13, 2009
It’s good to see that Insight are picking up this topic, they are usually insightful. ;D
I’m just hoping that those opposed and participating within this show have a high level of knowledge about the technical and/or related issues of the debate.
Maybe Conroy could even make an appearence…
Haha, yeah right. He’ll probably send one of his minions to do his bidding.
By kyle on Mar 13, 2009
I just hope the women who runs the show does her research so she doesn’t let any bullshit claims slide through unchallenged.
By Heath on Mar 13, 2009
This is probably too late for the show. I have often wondered if Australians are aware that after Don Chipp ( the inaugural leader of the Australian Democrats ) managed to abolish censorship, child pornography was legally available in Australian newsagents and adult book shops in the 1970′s.
I don’t know if it’s relevant, but anybody I’ve told this too simply doesn’t believe it.
Speaking about the state of censorship before this Don Chipp being interviewed by Andrew Denton said ‘DON CHIPP: You didn’t know what was banned and what wasn’t. Intolerable.’
ANDREW DENTON: Were there some stupid bannings? Were these all sensual books, or…
DON CHIPP: ‘Noddy’ was banned once.
ANDREW DENTON: ‘Noddy’.
DON CHIPP: Enid Blyton, because there is a place on page 84 which says “And Noddy walked down a country lane and felt a little queer.”
ANDREW DENTON: And that was banned in this country?
DON CHIPP: Yeah.
( Source http://www.abc.net.au/tv/enoughrope/transcripts/s1730839.htm )
Has history repeated itself? Will the censoring of the Internet result in the same idiocy? The whole world has gone mad
By Peter Searle on Mar 30, 2009