Internet Censorship in Australia
Internet censorship in Australia curently consists of a regulatory regime under which the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has the power to enforce content hosted within Australia, and maintain a "black list" of overseas website which is then provided for use in filtering software.
The Australian Labour Party has proposed to extend internet censorship to a system of mandatory filtering of overseas websites which are potentially would be "refused classification" (RC) in Australia.
This means that ISP are required to block access to content for all users.
A collection of both federal and state laws apply to internet content in Australia:
Suicide Related Materials.
- Federal Parliament passed the Suicide Related Materials Offences Act, which is illegal to use communications media suah as the internet to discuss the practical aspects of suicide.
State and territory laws.
- State goverment have laws that ban the transmission of material unsuitable for minors. Internet censorship legislation was introuced in 2001 which criminalises online material which is usuitable for minors.
The Federal Government has announced it will proceed with controversial plans to censor the internet after government commissioned trials found filtering a blacklist of banned sites was accurate and would not slow down the internet.
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