Talk:Internet censorship in Australia

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Why does the first paragraph say that Australia is in the Western world? Because last time I checked a map, it isn't. Kirbytime 04:18, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

It refers to culture and is not literally referring to Australia being on the nonexistant West side of Earth131.170.90.4 02:17, 8 May 2006 (UTC)


rgc 13 April 2006 Added this text

However, some Usenet newsgroups are required to be blocked and ISPs in general adhere to this legal requirement. By law ISPs are restricted from naming the Usenet newsgroups they are required to block.

after discovering the information on my ISPs usenet faq here: http://www.internode.on.net/content/premium-news/

I have removed a statement that was added by 220.233.172.74 who is currently engaging in a malicious campaign of vandalism in the Exetel wiki. This statement was an outright lie, and was intended as a continuation of his personal vendetta against this ISP.

"almost complete disinterest in enforcement from the agencies responsible for doing so" not exactly neutral i should say, or provable -> moderator required to evaluate this article i think —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 58.107.2.155 (talk) 14:07, August 20, 2007 (UTC)

I have removed the right-wing qualifier for the Australian Family Association, as they have support from both sides of politics, eg. former opposition leader Kim Beazley is a prominent left-wing patron. Nazlfrag (talk) 01:50, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Alleged porn blocking

"For example, Eftel and its related brand aaNet began filtering during the week of 23 February 2008"

A Google search, using "Due to new Australian Laws this website cannot be viewed from your ip" (including quotes)[1] provides no support for this claim. In fact, it provides quite the opposite. This thread, in an adult forum, indicates that the blocking has been put in place by the target website and this page clearly proves that the IP blocking is being done by the website itself. Since the claim was added an aaNet representative has posted a strong denial[2], in the forums at Whirlpool (website), that the blocking is occurring. Accordingly, I've deleted this section from the article. If somebody wishes to restore it in the future they'll need to provide a citation, as the editor who initially added it should have done. --AussieLegend (talk) 05:52, 4 March 2008 (UTC)