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Google Rejects Australian Censorship

February 13, 2010 by admin

(INFORMATION WEEK) Just as Google's YouTube rolled out a Safe Mode setting to help users block objectionable content, Google Australia took a stand against censorship. The company has rejected a call by Australian communications minister Stephen Conroy to voluntarily censor videos on YouTube that fit in the government's "refused classification" category for media, according to The Sydney Morning Herald. Australia's Classification Board and the Classification Review Board, which respectively classify films, videos, and publications and review those classifications, can in effect censor content in Australia by refusing to classify it. This prevents it from being sold or exhibited in the country. read more

Just as there are alternatives to Australia Post when sending a package, there are also alternative ways to surf the Internet bypassing the nanny Conroy filters. Learn up on...

• TOR  (free to use)
• JAP (free to use)
• Freenet Project (free to use)
• VPN (Virtual Private Network) (some free)

Leave a message if you know of any other handy ways to surf the net.