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With these laws passed it will be a matter of weeks before the first cases of rights holders wanting websites blocked begin to appear, meanwhile there have alre
by PebblesHD 11y ago
With these laws passed it will be a matter of weeks before the first cases of rights holders wanting websites blocked begin to appear, meanwhile there have already been statements by various right wing groups of wanting to expand the use of these new laws to cover other things they find objectionable such as pornography, violence etc. which will without doubt have a significant effect on free speech.
- 9762384 11y agoSource for that bit about "statements already made about blocking porn"? Surely no politician would be stupid enough to ever think blocking porn is a good idea.
- sdrothrock 11y ago> Surely no politician would be stupid enough to ever think blocking porn is a good idea. It's not a new idea at all. Here's a separate example. http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jan/03/david-cameron-internet-porn-filter-censorship-creep http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jan/03/david-c...
- PebblesHD 11y agoFred Nile - Head of the Australian Christian Lobby. The wording of the new laws is so open that purpose creep is almost intended.
- windowsworkstoo 11y agoJust a nit, but Nile isn't the head of the ACL, which is a lobby group - he is the head of the Christian Democratic Party.
- PebblesHD 11y agoQuite right, They seem to be almost interchangeable these days
- darylteo 11y ago"But think of the children"
- JupiterMoon 11y ago> Surely no politician would be stupid enough to ever think blocking porn is a good idea. You really really need to read a little more mainstream media (with a sceptical eye obviously). In the UK this has been debated for years now - and when one gets a new internet connection one has to (theoretically) decide whether to opt in or opt out of porn.