It gets worse

Now the Australian government has even tried to censor criticism of the mandatory internet filtering scheme. And here I was hoping things would improve under the new Labor government.

This makes my blood boil

Australia is to have compulsory internet filtering that will censor material that is deemed "harmful or innappropriate for children". Not having any children myself, I am more than a little annoyed that I will still be forced to have filtered internet. Quite apart from the fact that this will be particularly annoying to me personally, since I probably won't be able to access the sites I want to submit my erotica stories to, it's the principle of the thing! I'm an adult, and I should be allowed to look at porn if I bloody well feel the need to. It also won't stop at porn. What about sites about abortion, euthanasia, drugs etc? Who decides what is "appropriate"? Then there is the fact that the filtering system will slow down our already crappy broadband speeds. Thankyou very much, Federal government.

Anyway, if you're a fellow Aussie and this makes you angry, write to the minister and tell him so (follow the link above).