Australian Government Backdoor Internet Filter Shuts Down 1,000 Websites 90
An anonymous reader writes "The Australian government has secretly censored over 1,000 web sites through a hitherto-unused internet censorship law. In April the Melbourne Free University was blocked without any explanation. Section 313 of the Telecommunications Act allows the government to close web sites without warning to "uphold laws, protect public revenue and safeguard national security". This is open to abuse as Australians only have limited free speech rights which already make it difficult for the press to report corruption."
Re: Too bad (Score:4, Informative)
Whilst funny, Fosters is not popular in Australia and is rarely seen
Re:And the 1000 sites are? (Score:1, Informative)
ASIC http://www.asic.gov.au/ requested all major ISP's block the IP of a server because one of the Domains hosted on it included a financial scam.
I don't think http://melbournefreeuniversity.org/ is still on the same host because 103.15.178.29 is only hosting
making-the-invisible-visible.com
melbournefreeuniversity.org
mtiv.org
www.vantagefreight.com.au
Re:Too bad (Score:1, Informative)
That's a lie, that right there.
Re:Too bad (Score:3, Informative)
My daughter got to survive her very difficult birth thanks to free Australian medical care.
Which would have bankrupted her mum and me had we stayed in the States to get married and settle, as we were penniless at the time, even assuming that we'd been able to get the care they needed in the US, without being able to prove we could pay for it first.
Just thought you might like to know.