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Home History Games News Dictionary		continued from Australian Censorship Problematic - 1 Meanwhile the Australian government is still working on a bill that would force ISP companies to comply with the blacklist of websites, as compiled by the Australian Communications and Media Authority. YouTube’s rules already prohibit the most dangerous and vile of videos, as the internet company has their own regulations about permissible content. Sex, violence, child pornography and other classifications all are banned, but other topics being attacked by the censorship program are currently acceptable- such as online gambling advice, or politics. Google continues to uphold that while the business may not agree with some content, such as addressing topics like euthanasia, safe drug use, internet casinos, or committing minor crimes like graffiti, the debate on such topics is integral for democracy. Conroy has said that if the Australian government is forced to impose ISP filters on high traffic areas like YouTube and online casinos, it would result in a serious slowing of the internet. “We’re currently in discussions with Google about… how we can work this through,” Conroy said. “What we’re saying is, well in Australia, these are our laws, and we’d like you to apply our laws. Google at the moment filters an enormous amount of material on behalf of the Chinese government; they filter an enormous amount of material on behalf of the Thai government.” Conroy didn’t happen to mention that Google had recently threatened to pull out of China entirely, however, failing to not that the Chinese government’s constant update and expansion of material deemed inappropriate has inconvenienced the service to the point of abandonment. Additionally, he failed to mention the limits of Australia’s jurisdictional reach, as both Google and YouTube servers are located overseas, and therefore not subject to Australian law. No updates have become available to the online gambling community in regards to the latest draft of the ‘blacklist;’ the government is keeping the list under much tighter control since last year’s leak resulted in the forewarning to a number of internet casinos that their brands would soon be unwelcome down under. The leak caused a tremendous backlash against the government as some states in Australia have opened themselves up to hosting online casino business, such as Betfair Australia.

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Australian Censorship Problematic - 2

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Meanwhile the Australian government is still working on a bill that would force ISP companies to comply with the blacklist of websites, as compiled by the Australian Communications and Media Authority. YouTube’s rules already prohibit the most dangerous and vile of videos, as the internet company has their own regulations about permissible content. Sex, violence, child pornography and other classifications all are banned, but other topics being attacked by the censorship program are currently acceptable- such as online gambling advice, or politics. Google continues to uphold that while the business may not agree with some content, such as addressing topics like euthanasia, safe drug use, internet casinos, or committing minor crimes like graffiti, the debate on such topics is integral for democracy.

Conroy has said that if the Australian government is forced to impose ISP filters on high traffic areas like YouTube and online casinos, it would result in a serious slowing of the internet. “We’re currently in discussions with Google about… how we can work this through,” Conroy said. “What we’re saying is, well in Australia, these are our laws, and we’d like you to apply our laws. Google at the moment filters an enormous amount of material on behalf of the Chinese government; they filter an enormous amount of material on behalf of the Thai government.”

Conroy didn’t happen to mention that Google had recently threatened to pull out of China entirely, however, failing to not that the Chinese government’s constant update and expansion of material deemed inappropriate has inconvenienced the service to the point of abandonment. Additionally, he failed to mention the limits of Australia’s jurisdictional reach, as both Google and YouTube servers are located overseas, and therefore not subject to Australian law.

No updates have become available to the online gambling community in regards to the latest draft of the ‘blacklist;’ the government is keeping the list under much tighter control since last year’s leak resulted in the forewarning to a number of internet casinos that their brands would soon be unwelcome down under. The leak caused a tremendous backlash against the government as some states in Australia have opened themselves up to hosting online casino business, such as Betfair Australia.