Aussie Govt to Filter Online Video Games

Downloadable games, flash-based games, and sites that sell physical copies of games with rating greater than MA15+ (suitable for 15yos) would be blocked, even for adults. Australia’s ridiculous plan to censor the Internet gets more ridiculous by the day. It all started as a voluntary effort to “ protect children, ” but quickly spiraled into an all out attempt by the Australian govt to make it mandatory for ISPs to filter the Internet of all “ inappropriate content ” and “ offensive and illegal material .” It quickly deteriorated from an attempt to somehow safeguard children from things like child pornography to things like legal pornography, gambling, and even P2P traffic , making Australian citizens rightly upset .

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Monday, June 29th, 2009 P2P News

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