Australian Web Filter To Censor Downloaded Games [Slashdot]

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Xiroth writes "The Australian Federal Communications Ministry has confirmed that they intend to use the planned filter to block the download of games that have been refused by Australia's classification authority, the OFLC. As an Electronic Frontiers Australia spokesman noted, 'This is confirmation that the scope of the mandatory censorship scheme will keep on creeping.'"http://games.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=09/06/25/1821235 (http://games.slashdot.org/story/09/06/25/1821235/Australian-Web-Filter-To-Censor-Downloaded-Games?from=rss)
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[drogosan]

Yep, this is BS. I sent a letter to Senator Conroy and urge every other freedom-loving Aussie to do the same. Still awaiting a response...

[c0ldb33r]

Australia is really starting to weird me out. Very 1984 :(

[Kitsune Sniper]

Australia is looking more and more like the prison colony it once was. WTF.