Hi,<br><br>I don't usually drop this sort of thing (quote / repost from SlashDot email) in the mailing lists,<br>but I don't recall seeing this anywhere before, so I thought I'd spread it around since there is exactly one day to go.<br>
<br><span class="gI"><span class="go">+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>| Few Contribute To Aussie Classification Review<br>| from the this-way-to-the-egress dept.<br>
| posted by timothy on Tuesday July 12, @00:31 (Australia)<br>| with 111 comments<br>| <a href="https://politics.slashdot.org/story/11/07/12/0354227/Few-Contribute-To-Aussie-Classification-Review?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email">https://politics.slashdot.org/story/11/07/12/0354227/Few-Contribute-To-Aussie-Classification-Review?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email</a><br>
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>dopeywan.kenobi writes "The Australian Law Reform Commission are<br>conducting a review of the Australian Classification laws, the outcome of<br>
which will influence Australian internet filtering and/or the long<br>awaited R18+ Video Game classification. Public submissions on the matter<br>have been accepted since 20th May 2011 and will close on the 15th July<br>2011. From the article : '[A]s yet [0]only 80 public submissions have<br>
been made — 80 per cent of them from people who believe in government<br>intervention for the sake of child protection. Considering, the furious<br>debates within Australia's technology communities, does this reflect the<br>
national balance?...'It's likely down to the media for failing to inform<br>the public on the matter.' Having read [1]the questionnaire, I can't help<br>but wonder if their convoluted phrasing is contributing to reports that<br>
people are only partially completing the form without submitting." I<br>wonder how much of it, too, is that people don't want to be tarred as<br>favoring child pornography just because they're uncomfortable with<br>
by-domain censorship.<br><br>Discuss this story at:<br> <a href="https://politics.slashdot.org/story/11/07/12/0354227/Few-Contribute-To-Aussie-Classification-Review?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting">https://politics.slashdot.org/story/11/07/12/0354227/Few-Contribute-To-Aussie-Classification-Review?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting</a><br>
<br>Links:<br> 0. <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/technology/articles/2011/07/06/3262712.htm">http://www.abc.net.au/technology/articles/2011/07/06/3262712.htm</a><br> 1. <a href="http://www.alrc.gov.au/content/classification-online-submission">http://www.alrc.gov.au/content/classification-online-submission</a></span></span><br clear="all">
<br>-- <br>Don Knowles, Rockhampton, Australia<br>a Founding Member of Central Queensland Linux User Group<br>