[LINK] Dear People Of Australia: If You Don't Want Widespread Gov't Censorship Of The Internet, Speak Up Now

[Kim Holburn]

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110706/23273214990/dear-people-australia-if-you-dont-want-widespread-govt-censorship-internet-speak-up-now.shtml

> Dear People Of Australia: If You Don't Want Widespread Gov't Censorship Of The Internet, Speak Up Now
> 
> from the make-yourself-heard dept
> 
> We recently wrote about the latest in a long series of attempts by the government in Australia to massively censor the internet, creating its own "Great Wall" blacklist, like China. However, as Andrew Djemal alerts us, despite lots of complaints about this online, it appears that people in Australia are not speaking up in the official forums provided for public comment on this matter:
> 
> If you've ever wondered why government and legislators so routinely ignore the numerous protestations and objections made by gamers and those against internet filtering, you'd be well advised to look at the Australian Law Reform Commission's (ALRC) list of public submissions. The Issues Paper has been published since May 20 and as yet only 80 public submissions have been made - 80 per cent of them from people who believe in government intervention for the sake of child protection.
> As the report notes, if people don't speak up in the right places, it shouldn't be any wonder that politicians ignore them. The ALRC is reminding people that if they want to submit comments, they need to do so by July 15th. So, to all the folks in Australia who are complaining about these actions online, now would be a good time to move your complaints from random other places on the internet, and put them where it matters right now.

http://www.abc.net.au/technology/articles/2011/07/06/3262712.htm
http://us1.campaign-archive2.com/?u=0ac682945224f85fa1d89d148&id=2507776384



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