Internet Filter Given Green Light in Australia.

[Frog]

Maybe i could setup a really long internet cable from here to america...
But yeah, this is terrible news!

 

[Overlord Nadrian]

What the hell? I'm glad I don't live in Australia

They won't block the temp though, that would be ridiculous.

EDIT: Just thought of something: Poor guys, now you can't have your free prawnz

 

[fgghjjkll]

GBATemp is a no piracy site. Only tells you how to mod consoles which is perfectly legal here. GBATemp will not be blocked.

 

[8BitWalugi]

Shit, sites like Play-Asia might get blocked!

5 bucks that internet speed will be greatly decreased...

As if it isn't slow already!

 

[Skyline969]

Well ain't that great - the Australian government's going communist. What next, they won't let anyone in or out of the country?

 

[outgum]

Well ain't that great - the Australian government's going communist. What next, they won't let anyone in or out of the country?

Its funny, cause its probably true

 

[IzzehO]

http://torrentfreak.com/torrent-sites-end-...acklist-090319/

For those who think it will be only negative things blocked.

For the record, that 'leaked list' was proved to be fake a long time a go....

 

[Guild McCommunist]

Well ain't that great - the Australian government's going communist. What next, they won't let anyone in or out of the country?

It's going communist? When's the next flight to Sydney??

Anyway, people who are freaking out about our extensive hosting of backup loaders and the like, don't worry. Backup loaders are legal. Developers usually say they're NOT for piracy purposes (sure, with their fingers crossed behind their back but still), only to play backups of your own games. Every file we host is 100% legal. And the instructions for backup loading are simply instructions for a completely legal modification of your Wii that is meant for NOT playing illegally downloaded games.

If Australia blacklists GBAtemp I'm sure we can bring up a debate saying that while we talk about piracy, we do not host anything illegal and in the context they are speaking of.

Oh legal loopholes, I love you.

 

[fgghjjkll]

Well ain't that great - the Australian government's going communist. What next, they won't let anyone in or out of the country?

Its funny, cause its probably true

Not really. All them asylum seekers and boat people are being sent to Christmas Island, part of the Australian territory..

 

[FluffyLunamoth]

Ah, lovely. Nice going, Australia. Gonna change your name to China 2?

 

[Magmorph]

Why are young children always used as excuses to ban things? If parents are really that worried about their young children seeing (jacking off to) "violent" porn on the internet, why do they even let them use it unattended? Would they rather their young child see "normal" porn?

 

[Zidapi]

This would include sites containing child sex abuse, bestiality, sexual violence or detailed information about how to use drugs or commit crimes.

Do you really care..?

Yes.

Because it opens the door to the blocking of other content in the future based on what the government deems "unacceptable".
GBAtemp could be blocked based off the line you quoted because it contains guides to circumvent copy protection thus, showing us how to "commit crimes".

So yes, we really care.

 

[Deleted User]

Why are young children always used as excuses to ban things?

You can be sure that it's a smokescreen for a much larger agenda. These type of things are always sugar coated so the general mum and dad type public accepts it without too much resistance.

 

[XWolf]

This is nothing new.

Seriously, the UK filters about 40% of the internet, most people just don't realise it.
Other countries also have filters in place, just not common knowledge.

All this "announcement" means is that Australia is upping the amount of filtering and making it public as a scare tactic.

 

[Deleted member 35947]

This is nothing new.

Seriously, the UK filters about 40% of the internet, most people just don't realise it.
Other countries also have filters in place, just not common knowledge.

All this "announcement" means is that Australia is upping the amount of filtering and making it public as a scare tactic.

I heard the UK was getting bad for certain liberties, but 40% sounds insane. That'd be something I'd expect from China. I'm just a bit skeptical on that figure.