19 Mar 2010 | Uncategorized
David Thorne is already an internet legend. He’s the man responsible for this drawing of a spider:
If you’ve never seen that drawing of a spider, then you need to read this now.
Anyway, Thorne recently posted an article about his (fake) plans to become a drug dealer, which drew the attention of South Australia police.
He received this letter:
Clearly, this kind of thing can’t be taken lying down. Thorne responded:
From: David Thorne
Date: Friday 26 February 2010 8.12pm
To: Michael Harding
Subject: Censorship
Dear Mike,
Thank you for your letter. At no time have I condoned the use of drugs. I simply stated that I wish to purchase and sell them at a profit. I do however understand the importance of censorship. Without an enforced system of guidance from agencies such as yours, people would be forced to exercise their own discretion.
Regards, David.
It gets better. Read the whole lot here
21 Dec 2009 | Digital Freedom, Index Index, minipost, News
The Australian internet company, auDA that runs the .com.au domain registry has been accused of censoring a website satirising Australian communications minister Stephen Conroy’s proposed internet censorship laws. On Friday, Sapia Pty Ltd, the company behind the website, was told by auDA that they had three hours to explain its use of the domain or it would be withdrawn. The firm said on its new site Stephenconroy.com.au was subsequently taken down a few hours later. Read more here
19 Dec 2009 | Comment, News
Canberra is making alarming advances in web censorship, says John Ozimek
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15 Dec 2009 | Index Index, minipost, News
The Australian government has announced that it is to go ahead with controversial internet censorship plans after trials of the new filtering system were found to be accurate. The filter laws will be introduced in parliament in August 2010 and will take a year to implement. Critics said the trial results were not surprising and the policy was still fundamentally flawed. Read more here
