Some interesting comments but is the story for real
Comments Joke? This better be a bleedin' joke... Since it's not april 1st, I think I am going to be severely disappointed. :[
posted by : Daniel W, 15 October 2008 slow interwibble Well the interwibble in OZ is horrible slow and ridiculous expensive anyway. Can't get worse anyway. I guess what that means is it aint get better either... No worries, M.
posted by : mschira, 15 October 2008 That's Labor, not Labour Please don't associate them with the labour movement.
posted by : Lindsay, 15 October 2008 The first one?? As far as I know, we, which means: Germany, have done this since some years...blocking nazi sites, not so well known criticising sites and some other stuff for german IPs...
greetings, observer
posted by : observer, 15 October 2008 NOOOOOOOOO! Once again our prime minister Kevin Rudd is on a wholly mission from god to save us from wicked ways by taking alcohol even more and censoring out materials he deems sinful. I am sick of these god nutters stemming from the assumption they have the right to tell everyone what to do, and keep shoving their imaginary friends down everyone's throats!
If broadband speeds over here are not bad enough as it is!
posted by : Rory Christensen, 15 October 2008 Hmmm.... China 2.0 here we come!
posted by : Mike, 15 October 2008 'Clean feed' Please tell me this phrase - which means nothing more in this context than 'what a government considers suitable for viewing' - has not now become so ubiquitous as to be written without quotes around it.
posted by : Josef V. Djugashvili, 15 October 2008 'Don't say fascism, don't say fascism' "clean feed Internet service to all homes, schools and public Internet points accessible by children." Can't help notice the absence of government buildings and businesses in that list.
I can't believe the aussies let them, they aren't know as the meek wimps some other nations are know as, and yet it seems their government can get away with this? Peculiar.
Meanwhile we in the EU also suffer a certain amount of censorship, we just aren't told in what areas, but it is at least avoidable with enough effort in finding the right ISP and some doable tricks, still, it's nasty how people in various EU countries (and america) don't even realise their google results are filtered and usenet and sometimes sites, and more of such things.
posted by : W.-, 15 October 2008 Fark Governments once used the army to control the plebs.
Then they got smart and used religion.
Then they tried the medical system.
Now its the Internet.
Marx would have made all of this into something cool to read but you should get the gist of it.
Controlling information is the only means left to them to control the masses.
Commercial TV can't compete with the Internet ... except for the dumb meatheads who are already under control.
Controlling the Internet effectively shuts us off from sharing ideas and information on a global level.
