Thursday, March 19, 2009

If I get locked up tonight.... (Updated)

Then it's been good to know y'all.
Leaked Australian government secret ACMA internet censorship blacklist.
I've made my feelings on this bullshit known. If you missed it, here it is

***Update***
OK, So it's now in question whether this is the actual ACMA blacklist (See HERE for the relevent article) however i'm more inclined to believe wikileaks than Comm's Minister Stephen Conroy (AKA the guy who's running this BS) as to the validity of this info. Even if it's not the actual blacklist itself, it definately came from a government source, and after a quick gander at the pages listed on it, it seems to be the type of gear that would get hit by this filter.
The interesting thing, as mentioned by a few news outlets today, is that there appears to be some sites that are totally undeserving of being listed. To wit, about half of the sites on the list are not related to child porn at all, and include a slew of online poker sites, YouTube links, regular gay and straight porn sites, Wikipedia entries, euthanasia sites, websites of fringe religions such as satanic sites, fetish sites, Christian sites, the website of a tour operator and even a Queensland dentist.

***Update part 2***
The links been re-upped, however if you're still iffy about peeping this gear,
here's a secondary link which is apparently safer.
Secure Wikileaks internet censorship article
Peace

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