[LINK] Internet Censorship

[David Goldstein]

Yes Danny, the government has been vague. And it is right to be concerned. But your earlier statements aren't based on anything. Time will tell what the government proposes. I doubt any of us here have a clue what they will eventually come up with. At the moment it's just guesswork.

David

----- Original Message ----
From: Danny Yee <danny at anatomy.usyd.edu.au>
To: Link List <link at anu.edu.au>
Sent: Sunday, 2 March, 2008 12:01:43 AM
Subject: Re: [LINK] Internet Censorship

David Goldstein wrote:
> Jumping the gun here aren't you Danny? We don't even know what the version of "censorship" will be. Could it be 100 sites such as Singapore? More? Less? Something altogether different? None of us on this list have a clue what the government is proposing in this regards.

I don't see how you can possibly consider "censoring 100 sites" to
be consistent with the government's clearly stated goal of using
censorship to "make the Internet a safer place for children", or
"ensuring that children are protected from harmful and inappropriate
online material".

The government might decide to go with Singapore style symbolic
censorship, but that is totally inconsistent with their public
statements to date.  They've been vague and they haven't provided
any details, but they've made enough clear to give us good reason to
be worried.

Danny.
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