[LINK] Why the IWF was wrong to lift its ban on a Wikipedia page

[Danny Yee]

David Goldstein wrote:
> A good outline of the IWF's decision to block, and unblock, the Wikipedia page from OUT-LAW News...

I wish the IWF had stuck to its guns too!  The whole idea of secret
censorship by an unelected and unaccountable private organisation
really needs proper evaluation, and now that seems less likely
to happen.

Given that the exact same image appears on Amazon, I'd really love to
have seen the IWF start relaying all traffic to Amazon IP addresses
through a filtering proxy, just a couple of weeks before Christmas.
The resulting lawsuit might have settled some questions too.

But at least the IWF hasn't started blacklisting cartoons.
An Australian equivalent would have to, given the different laws here.
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Danny.