Australia's 2 Largest ISP's Start Censorsing the Web

Australia's 2 Largest ISP's Start Censorsing the Web: "unreadepitaph writes 'Looks like after Stephen Conroy's web filter went down in flames he went quietly behind the backs of Australians and struck a deal with Telstra and Optus to start filtering an undisclosed blacklist of sites from organization within and external to Australia. From the article: 'Electronic Frontiers Association board member Colin Jacobs also expressed concern at the scheme, saying the Government and internet providers needed to be more upfront about websites being blocked and offer an appeals process for website owners who felt URLs had been blocked unfairly. 'There is a question about where the links are coming from and I'd like to know the answer to that,' Mr Jacobs said.'

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