Attacks on Australians' freedom SYDNEY rally
of speech have been steadily Friday May 28th
growing: on the Internet, with 1pm, Hyde Park North
films and television, and in
other media. To protest this, Speeches will be followed by a
events are being organised march on the Office of Film and
around Australia on Friday Literature Classification and the
May 28th. Australian Broadcasting Authority.
>> Please forward this to friends and colleagues in <<
>> the Sydney area who are likely to be interested. <<
Net censorship legislation currently before Parliament is unparalleled
in the Western world -- and more authoritarian than that of Malaysia or
Singapore. It treats the Internet like television and totally ignores
civil liberties. It will drastically restrict adult freedoms, by making
material which is legal in other media illegal online; it will increase
costs for all Internet users; and it will damage our economy -- and yet
it will fail dismally at making the Net "safe for children".
For more details, see http://www.efa.org.au/Campaigns/stop.html
In other media, political interference in the censorship system is
apparent in the attacks on the films Salo and Lolita, the Rabelais
newspaper case, and attempts to stack classification review boards.
And computer games considered unsuitable for children are completely
illegal in Australia -- there is no recognition that adult Australians
play computer games.
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Sydney - 1pm Friday May 28th, Hyde Park North
Protest increasing censorship
For events in other cities, see
http://www.efa.org.au/Campaigns/may28/index.html
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LL.NE
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