Wikileaks to Conroy: we will go after you
- 20 March, 2009 18:34
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In a harshly worded press release on the Wikileaks site, the Stockhom based publisher warned Senator Stephen Conroy that any attempts to uncover the source of the recently leaked ACMA banned list would be met with legal action.
Wikileaks became public enemy number one after reportedly releasing what it claims is the ACMA list of 2300 URLs of banned sites that will be included in the governments controversial internet filtering system. The list includes bus companies, online poker sites, Wikipedia entries and a dental surgery.
Senator Conroy labeled the leak as “grossly irresponsible” and said the list was not authentic.
In Wikileak’s statement the organisation asserts that “the senator is perhaps unaware of the legal and diplomatic risks associated wit the statement.”
The document goes on to explain that under the Swedish Constitution’s Press Freedom Act, “the right of confidential press source to anonymity, is protected and criminal penalties apply to anyone acting to breach that right.”
The organisation goes on to remind Senator Conroy that the South African Competition Commission backed down after being advised of the legal ramifications of its own, similar, high profile case.
The leak of the list has added fuel to debate around the internet censorship issue. The government's proposed filtering system aims to protect children from dangerous and inappropriate content.
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Down With Conroy
Hell yeah! Bite it Conroy, you stuffy conservative blowhard.
Good on Wikileaks for standing by their principles and not being afraid of that stupid, stupid little man and his attempts to violate the human rights of an entire nation.
Anonymous
Uhm... Australia does not have a bill of human rights. I mean we should but we don't. So the Federal Government isn't violating anyone's rights.
They're just inconveniencing us with a filter that'll slow everything down.
Anonymous
Just because Australia does not have a codified Bill of Rights does not mean that we do not have human rights.
Annon
Human rights...
We may not have a bill of human rights in Australia, but that doesn't negate the Universal Declaration of Human rights, specifically Articles 12 and 19.
The filter and the governments actions do appear to be in violation of those articles, and therefore in violation of every Australians basic human rights as guaranteed by the Universal Declaration.
Anonymous
Democracy Undone
From: thomaspainereturns.net
Australia does not have an express bill of rights. Free speech is not guaranteed in the Australian Constitution. When Pope Benedict visited Australia in 2008, the government severely curtailed protests and demonstrations against his visit. This shows official disregard for free speech. There was very little the people could do, and the media helped the government in curtailing free speech.
As the creeping erosion of democracy began to snowball, one insult after another, more and more Australians began seeing through the government's heavy-handed tactics. They now suspect that the government is planning the unthinkable - taking away their liberties.
Australia will soon be one of the most stringent internet censors amongst democratic countries. The supposed primary purpose of the new filtering system is to protect the children from exploitation by paedophiles and other unsavoury sorts. Once people venture down the path of censorship, there is no limit to the abuse that can be imposed upon the people. Under the guise of protecting the populations from “terrorist activities”, mosques, churches, schools, businesses, hospitals etc. are targeted and the inhumane cruelty inflicted on people is justified in the name of fighting terrorism. Likewise, censorship can be abused to limit anything that threatens the One World Government.
The internet is systematically being obstructed, censored and debilitated. The people are being sedated via many means, including drinking water, food, medications, various types of radiation, bombardment of inaudible sounds and so on.
The erosion of liberty can be seen all around the world. When all the pieces are stacked together they clearly indict the ruling elite of the world for conspiring to eliminate freedom on the planet. Presently, there are different groups of ruling elite working together for a common goal - to strip the people of liberty. When liberties are sufficiently restricted for their purposes, a supreme ruler will emerge and head the One World Government.
The switchover will be very quick and go virtually uncontested. Laws protecting people's rights will effectively vanish in very short order as the One World Government is established. Those who resist Big Brother will often just disappear.
Anonymous
Wikileaks inaccessible
Is it just me, or has ACMA's response to this been to add Wikileaks to the blacklist? The site has been inaccessible from my Australian ISP since yesterday. Is this just coincidental downtime, or is the site acessible from other countries?
Annon
According to Wikileaks twitter feed, the site has been getting so much international attention because of this blacklist fiasco, that their servers cant handle the load.
They had an 'overload' holding page up for most of yesterday, which then crashed itself because of the massive numbers trying to access the site. Apparently it should be back up Monday morning - their time
Darthy
Slowing us down while they build an NBN?
Here's a thought - when they slow everything down to a crawl we'll probably be at the speeds we are today. So why not save a whole lot of time and money and not bother with the NBN at all?
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