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Seen-it-before
This internet filtering initiative sounds a lot like some politicians have found inspiration in the Great Firewall of China. (I'm not going to make any comments about Chinese language proficiency being an advantage here.) The question for Australians is: Are we looking at the birth of the Great Firewall of Australia? Perhaps we'll call it "the Great Barrier e-Reef" - after all, it's a perfect, local equivalent (visible from space, filtering function, etc.)
Topic: Minister Tanner's welcome
Document ID: 92354 | Last modified: 10 December 2008, 2:05pm
