[LINK] The rallies???

Richard Chirgwin rchirgwin at ozemail.com.au
Tue Dec 16 06:58:14 AEDT 2008


Danny,

The ACMA list has existed for some years, but its growth rate has always
been pretty slow. I can't see anything that would spur a huge growth in
the list...

Nor is it a matter of simply "getting things blocked" by ACMA. The
statistics published by ACMA show that there's a fairly constant rate of
"no action" - that is, someone made a complaint, but ACMA and the OFLC
did not agree that the content fitted the "refused classification"
definitions, and decide not to add the site to the banned list.

RC

Danny Yee wrote:
> You don't need "deep pockets" to get web pages put on ACMA's blacklist
> -- submitting a complaint is free!
>
> If blacklisted content overseas is actually blocked instead of being
> pretty much ignored, I can see a lot more vigilantes reporting content,
> and the blacklist growing a lot faster than it has to date.
>
> Danny.
>
> David Boxall wrote:
>   
>> Finally:
>> <http://www.itnews.com.au/News/91177,in-pictures-hundreds-protest-proposed-internet-filters.aspx>.
>> One interesting comment:
>>     
>>>  "If it is simply a matter of calling ACMA [Australian Communications
>>>  and Media Authority] and getting things blocked, then people with
>>>  sufficiently deep pockets will call ACMA and block things they
>>>  disagree with."
>>>       
>> Hadn't thought of that.  In a way, it's even nastier than the lunatic 
>> fringe satisfying their obsessions.
>>     
>
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