[LINK] Wikileaks to release 18 March 2009 ACMA blacklist

[Stilgherrian]

Wikileaks has just announced that they have the 18 March 2009 ACMA  
blacklist and will release it in the next 4 to 8 hours. http://twitter.com/wikileaks/statuses/1358943252

They also say "Wikileaks to Conroy: Go after our source and we will go  
after you http://tinyurl.com/cvy6qe"

"Wikileaks to Conroy: Go after our source and we will go after you."

The Stockholm based publisher of Wikileaks today issued a warning to  
the Australian Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital  
Economy, Senator Steven Conroy, who is responsible for Australian  
internet censorship.

Senator Conroy, in an official media release yesterday, claimed, in  
response to the release of the Australian internet censorship list by  
Wikileaks, that his department, "is investigating this matter and is  
considering a range of possible actions it may take including referral  
to the Australian Federal Police. Any Australian involved in making  
this content publicly available would be at serious risk of criminal  
prosecution."

Sunshine Press Legal Adviser Jay Lim stated:

"Under the Swedish Constitution's Press Freedom Act, the right of a  
confidential press source to anonymity is protected, and criminal  
penalties apply to anyone acting to breach that right.

Wikileaks source documents are received in Sweden and published from  
Sweden so as to derive maximum benefit from this legal protection.  
Should the Senator or anyone else attempt to discover our source we  
will refer the matter to the Constitutional Police for prosecution,  
and if necessary, ask that the Senator and anyone else involved be  
extradited to face justice for breaching fundamental rights."

Senator Conroy may wish to consider the position of the South African  
Competition Commission, which decided to cancel its own high profile  
leak investigation in January after being advised of the legal  
ramifications of interfering with Sunshine Press sources.

...

Goodness.

Stil


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