Comments | _leareth: Internet filter, iiNet v AFACT ruling due next week and other stuff

_leareth

Internet filter, iiNet v AFACT ruling due next week and other stuff

Jan 28, 2010 13:38

For every fan who enjoys any sort of fandom, but particularly the slash/yaoi fangirls a must read from Henry Jenkins: will Australia's proposed internet filtering laws block slash, anime, manga sites and fan communities in Australia?

For samikitty (and anyone who downloads media illegally, ie. everyone on LJ): the Federal Court of Australia is expected to ( Read more... )

law:decisions, work, censorship, law:internet

Comments 4

teacup_carousel January 28 2010, 08:22:08 UTC

So wait, Australia is pushing to pass a bunch of bills to filter what its citizens can and can not view while on line? Crap! And I though living in the states during the Bush years was some crazy stuff. Why all the sudden push to filter content?

_leareth January 28 2010, 10:33:27 UTC

Why all the sudden push to filter content?

Because it was part of the list of promises the current government had on it's list when it campaigning for election back about three years ago. People didn't really know it was on the list because they didn't talk about it and rather focused on the bigger issues of the time: economy and industrial relations.

Though it's only proposed legislation at the moment, and we're a long way off it being introduced to the lower house of parliament, let alone it passing through the senate. There's time to campaign against it.

teacup_carousel January 28 2010, 10:39:09 UTC

Well that's a hell of a thing to slip under the radar. Understandable, but still!

Does there seem to be a rather large movement in opposition to it? What are the chances of it being passed?

_leareth January 28 2010, 10:51:50 UTC

Does there seem to be a rather large movement in opposition to it?

Hard to tell. Certainly the internet population is aware of it and very unhappy, and there are certainly a few campaigns being organised against it. The problem is getting the rest of the voting population, the population which isn't so switched onto the internet and how it works etc., to care about it and speak up against it. Certainly I'm doing what I can, though it's rather frustrating when it seems that people like to complain and rant about it online but can't take the next step to actually do something.

What are the chances of it being passed?Hm, apparently it's supposed to be introduced into the lower house of parliament in September. There it has to get through two readings, after which it will go to the senate. It only becomes law if it gets passed by the Senate ( ... )