Australian Senate passes Internet Censorship bill

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
May 26, 1999

James McPherson
reports…

It is a very sad day for Australia – the
Australian Senate has just passed a bill which attempts to totally
regulate the internet in Australia. It was passed with the
assistance of the two “independent” senators, Harradine and
Colston. The Australian Labor Party and the Australian Democrats
attempted to get a 2year sunset clause inserted but without any
success.

Two online reports: Australia’s ABC
news
and the Fairfax
online news
.

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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