Lindens Please Help The Aussies

Just out of interest, how would LL giving SL a classification make a difference? Also, SL would have to be X rated. Would that make it acceptable to your government?

I think this is a foretaste of what will happen in many other countries - possibly even the UK or USA, in future years.

.... Australia isn't the first western country to do it - apparently Denmark and others do it - and it's sure to spread..

I think this is a foretaste of what will happen in many other countries - possibly even the UK or USA, in future years.

Annisha its not up to LL to fight our battles its up to us contact your local members

SL won't be blocked. The Gov would be more stupid than it is already to do that.
Illegal sites will be blocked, ones that break Laws.

SL will be blocked because its RC. Im also for censorship in terms of child pornography but this blacklist included abortion sites and r rated porn sites..and as one person mentioned an innocent dentists site. So it wont be just illegal sites that will be banned. Whatever the govt doesnt agree with they wil have blocked. Unfortunately religion and politics have got mixed up in our country.

Not only will sl and wow be targets but also websites such as youtube, ebay and torrent sites. Ebay and youtube have RC rated material available and thats what is going to be blocked. Its just disgusting and you know waht..most aussies dont really care about it because there apathetic morons whose only concern is when the football starts again. Sorry im really really pissed off

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Illegal and offensive online content is regulated through the Online Content Scheme under Schedule 5 and 7 of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 through a complaints-based mechanism. The Scheme is designed to protect consumers, particularly children, from exposure to inappropriate or harmful material.

.... there are a range of fundamental problems with what Conroy is proposing.

First, it's a dumb idea. The underlying belief that computers can perfect or protect our morality smacks of a strange mixture of technological ignorance and faith. While a basic banned list of websites would reduce our exposure to "offensive" content, our use of the internet has changed since the Howard government's first forays into web censorship. The internet may be a primary source of pornography, but it is made up of an increasing array of dynamic sub-media that are not easily regulated: will these magic programs reach inside our Second Life environments and filter out the nudist avatars and saucy chats?

Will it be riding shotgun over our email and instant messaging? Will it be sitting on the ports we use for peering? Will our IP telephony be protected? The Government's proposal aims to swat flies with a hammer.

Second, the online "banned book" list is not transparent to public interest oversight in the way that attempts to ban films are. Efforts by the libertarian group Electronic Frontiers Australia to examine what has been banned in Australia have been met with considerable resistance by government. For lists maintained by private companies, Australia's weak Freedom of Information laws will be of no use: you'll not know what you're not supposed to know.

Most importantly, the idea of an invisible "safety net" that covers all Australians is troubling because it will arrest our natural development as internet users. What will putting an invisible set of training wheels on everyone's bicycle mean for our understanding of the risks and nature of our online world? The policy is reminiscent of Douglas Adams' anti-panic glasses, which turned black when confronted with something that might scare you.

REFUSED CLASSIFICATION
March 30th 2003-Present
NOTE: Computer games that exceed the MA(15+) classification category will be Refused Classification.

Films and computer games will be refused classification if they include or contain any of the following:

Crime or Violence
Detailed instruction or promotion in matters of crime or violence.
The promotion or provision of instruction in paedophile activity.
Depictions of child sexual abuse or any other exploitative or offensive depictions involving a person who is or who looks like a child under 16 years.
Gratuitous, exploitative or offensive depictions of:
(i) violence with a very high degree of impact or which are excessively frequent, prolonged or detailed;
(ii) cruelty or real violence which are very detailed or which have a high impact;
(iii) sexual violence.

Sex
Depictions of practices such as bestiality.
Gratuitous, exploitative or offensive depictions of:
(i) sexual activity accompanied by fetishes or practices which are offensive or abhorrent;
(ii) incest fantasies or other fantasies which are offensive or abhorrent.

Drug Use
Detailed instruction in the use of proscribed drugs.
Material promoting or encouraging proscribed drug use.

OMG..... they banned Duke Nukem Oh man, they really need to get a life. That must have been the only FPS with jokes and running gags.

think this is a foretaste of what will happen in many other countries - possibly even the UK or USA, in future years.

SL won't be blocked. The Gov would be more stupid than it is already to do that.
Illegal sites will be blocked, ones that break Laws.