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| Subject: OZschwitz statists accused of sneaking in web filter Fri May 17, 2013 10:25 pm | |
| The federal government has been accused of sneaking mandatory web filtering through the back door after one of its agencies inadvertently blocked 1200 websites using a little-known law.
Technology news website Delimiter this week revealed the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) last month used a telco law to ask major internet service providers (ISPs) to block a website it believed was defrauding Australians.
Telstra, Optus and Vodafone, who are known to have been asked to block it, complied.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/government-accused-of-sneaking-in-web-filter-20130517-2jq3p.html#ixzz2TbhpLvbq
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