First China and the middle east... now - Australia

[Msterbeau]

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081...no-opt-out.html

"Australians may not be able to opt out of the government's Internet filtering initiative like they were originally led to believe. Details have begun to come out about Australia's Cyber-Safety Plan, which aims to block "illegal" content from being accessed within the country, as well as pornographic material inappropriate for children. Right now, the system is in the testing stages, but network engineers are now saying that there's no way to opt out entirely from content filtering. "

[Gaf The Horse With Tears]

We are most likely next.

[Msterbeau]

That's what I'm afraid of.

[Gaf The Horse With Tears]

Tiered Service and the Fairness Doctrine will be the end of free speech.

[Msterbeau]

I don't see how the Fairness Doctrine applies to the web in legal terms. It's generally a limited to services like radio and TV that employ only a limited number of entities (stations). Unless your just talking in broad terms - that once it's provisions are reinstated it will lead to a slippery slope of of more restrictive legislation, in which case, I'd agree.

[Enishi]

Better enjoy alternative media and websites like DGN while we still can. It's only a matter of time...

[Gaf The Horse With Tears]

I don't see how the Fairness Doctrine applies to the web in legal terms. It's generally a limited to services like radio and TV that employ only a limited number of entities (stations). Unless your just talking in broad terms - that once it's provisions are reinstated it will lead to a slippery slope of of more restrictive legislation, in which case, I'd agree.

A bit of both. Most radio station broadcast over the internet too.

[Msterbeau]

A bit of both. Most radio station broadcast over the internet too.

Hmmm... "back door".

[Hellion]

Just wait till they force us to change our personalities and force us to like things we actually hate.