"What's going on down there? There's been a burst of these sorts of stories lately." Nothing. There hasn't been a burst of censorship recently. As far as I'm a

"What's going on down there? There's been a burst of these sorts of stories lately." Nothing. There hasn't been a burst of censorship recently. As far as I'm aware, censorship laws have remain unchanged for quite some time. What's happened within the last year or two though is that through social media, Americans have become aware of the strict censorship laws that exist within Australia. Many of these people have mistakenly come to the conclusion that such censorship in Australia must be a recent development. The truth is that if anything, censorship has become less severe. The video games that pass through the Classification Board today without a problem are far, far more violent than what used to require modification a decade ago. In regards to Internet censorship, it seems consistent with the current legislation. If a government believes that it is the will of the people that extreme porn and violent video games be banned, then the legislation is ineffective if such material is easily accessible via the Internet.