The communication regulator’s blacklist of banned internet sites has apparently been leaked, prompting an internet advocacy group to accuse the Government of making it easy to access child pornography.The Government is planning to introduce a mandatory internet filter that will block access to a list of dangerous websites.The list of sites – managed by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) – is designed to catalogue sites containing child pornography or other criminal content.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/03/19/2520591.htmLeaked Australian blacklist reveals banned sites
The Australian communications regulator’s top-secret blacklist of banned websites has been leaked on to the web and paints a harrowing picture of Australia’s forthcoming internet censorship regime. Wikileaks, an anonymous document repository for whistleblowers, obtained the list, which has been seen by this website, and plans to publish it for public consumption on its website imminently.
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2009/03/19/1237054961100.html
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2009/03/19/1237054961100.htmlACMA list of prohibited and potentially prohibited overseas hosted content [news release]
The Australian Communications and Media Authority is aware that a list purporting to be the ‘ACMA blacklist’ has been posted on an overseas website. ACMA does not consider that the release and promotion of URLs relating to illegal and highly offensive material is responsible.
http://www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_311669Internet list publication grossly irresponsible [news release]
The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, today condemned the reported leak and publication of a list which includes prohibited internet addresses.”The leak and publication of prohibited URLs is grossly irresponsible. It undermines efforts to improve cyber-safety and create a safe online environment for children,” Senator Conroy said.
http://www.minister.dbcde.gov.au/media/media_releases/2009/014ACMA blacklist leaked on the internet
A top-secret list of banned internet web pages that is being used as the basis for the federal Government’s internet filtering trials has been leaked on to the web.
http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25210333-15306,00.htmlInternet filter list of porn exposed
The Rudd Government’s plans for a nationwide internet filter are in jeopardy after its top-secret blacklist of banned web pages was leaked.The list, published on the internet, reads like a White Pages of porn and its release has provided a handy guide for young people to access the very material the Government wishes to banish from their eyes.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,25213542-2702,00.html
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