[AusNOG] What are we , collectively, doing about the impending mandatatory censorship scheme?

[Matthew Moyle-Croft]

Hi Dave,
Yeah, I know they have no actual published/formal position.  That's why I asked if people knew.  The whole problem is that the Opposition isn't the logical choice.

What we need is some celebrities to back the cause.

MMC

On 08/07/2010, at 9:02 AM, David Mitchell wrote:

> On 8/07/2010 00:48, Matthew Moyle-Croft wrote:
>> Senate seats might hurt them, but ask yourself this:
>> 
>> What do you know about the Opposition's views on the filter?   If Labor
>> lose will it mean scraping the idea or claiming it as their own to claim
>> the same voting block?
>> 
>> If the Opposition support it and so do Labor then the minorities are
>> irrelevant in the Senate.
> 
> According to The Age today:
> 
> "The federal opposition is yet to formalise its position on the
> mandatory filter."
> 
> http://www.theage.com.au/national/pm-vows-to-block-dark-side-of-net-20100707-100og.html
> 
> IIRC it was their idea in the first place, and Labor picked it up as a
> "me-too" policy while they were in opposition.
> 
> - Dave
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