Date: Wed, 17 Dec 1997 16:01:03 -0500 (EST)
From: "L.R.F." <trinity-AT-hot-shot.com>
Subject: M-G: Australia Internet


> 12/17/97 11:36
> 
> Australian Internet Censorship Plan Condemned
> 
> SYDNEY. Electronic Frontiers Australia, a body which claims to
represent "Internet users concerned with online freedom," has added its
voice to others condemning plans to force censorship on Down Under
Internet service providers. The plans have been endorsed by State and
Federal attorneys-general, and will make ISPs responsible for content on
 the sites they host. EFA Chairman Kimberley Heitman said in a press
release this is "the equivalent of making Telstra and Optus responsible
for the content of people's telephone calls" and warned it would make
Australia "an international laughing stock."{NEWS BYTES}



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