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Parents outraged at Lady Gaga concert: Calls for concerts to be classified spacer

There’s news this morning that some parents who took their tween children to Aussie Lady Gaga concerts are gagging because of the adult nature of the concert. Rewind. Yes they ... Somebody Think Of The Children - 8 a.m. Friday 19th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

2 days, 21 hours ago

Fielding beats Ludlam to a seat on Cyber-Safety Committee spacer

Update 17 March 2010: Here’s some interesting news. Ludlam has now won the seat, previously reported as being awarded to Senator Fielding. Senator Fielding – 35 votes, Senator Ludlam – ... Somebody Think Of The Children - 8:43 p.m. Tuesday 16th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

2 weeks ago

Classification Board squirms over vagina censorship in this Hungry Beast interview spacer

The ABC’s Hungry Beast recently conducted an extensive interview with the Australian Classification Board’s Gregg Scott about the censorship of the female anatomy, in particular the vagina. It’s part of ... Somebody Think Of The Children - 8:06 a.m. Friday 5th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Classifiers refuse to comment on breast size specifics: Look young and you’re banned spacer

The Australian Classification Board (ACB) has confirmed to Somebody Think Of The Children that a person’s overall appearance is used by the Board to determine whether someone appears to look ... Somebody Think Of The Children - 6:28 p.m. Monday 1st February 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

1 month, 2 weeks ago

Classification Board responds to small breasts ban spacer

Important Update, 01/02/10: The Classification Board has confirmed that a person’s appearance is used when they determine the apparent age of a model. The ACB’s Director refused to comment on ... Somebody Think Of The Children - 6:27 p.m. Thursday 28th January 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

1 month, 2 weeks ago

Australia bans small breasts spacer

Important Update, 01/02/10: The Classification Board has confirmed that a person’s appearance is used when determining the apparent age of a model. The ACB’s Director refused to comment on specifics ... Somebody Think Of The Children - 11:41 p.m. Wednesday 27th January 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

Great Australian Internet Blackout: Early numbers are in spacer

As many of you know, hundreds of websites turned black this Australia Day (and many will remain so for the rest of the week) to protest the Government’s plan to ... Somebody Think Of The Children - 9:56 p.m. Wednesday 27th January 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

2 months, 2 weeks ago

Australia’s 20 Worst Cases of Censorship and Moral Panic in 2009 spacer

20. Australia Post removes Lolita and other Penguin Classics from their shelves. PostShop outlets pull Popular Penguin titles such as Lolita, The History of Sexuality and The Delta of Venus ... Somebody Think Of The Children - 9:42 p.m. Sunday 3rd January 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

2 months, 3 weeks ago

Inadvertently exposed: the ALP’s obsession with universal censorship spacer

by Jon Seymour When you are a Government of a Western nation about to introduce a mandatory censorship regime unlike anything in the else in the Western world it is ... Somebody Think Of The Children - 7:57 a.m. Wednesday 23rd December 2009 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

2 months, 4 weeks ago

National net censorship protests: January 30 2010 spacer

Protests against mandatory Internet censorship will be held Australia wide on Saturday January 30, 2010. A Facebook page for the event has been set up, with over 1700 people already ... Somebody Think Of The Children - 11:26 a.m. Sunday 20th December 2009 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

3 months ago

Net Censorship: Mark Newton talks to Sky News spacer

Sky News Business channel speaks to network engineer Mark Newton about mandatory Internet censorship. Listen here. Sky is also running a poll to find out whether you support the Government’s ... Somebody Think Of The Children - 8:15 a.m. Thursday 17th December 2009 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

3 months ago

Australian Christian Lobby urges supporters to thank Conroy for ‘protecting kids’ spacer

Managing Director of the Australian Christian Lobby, Jim Wallace, has urged his members to write to Senator Conroy and thank him for ‘protecting kids’ with the Government’s Internet filtering plan. ... Somebody Think Of The Children - 10:04 p.m. Wednesday 16th December 2009 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

3 months ago

Report on live ISP filtering trial released spacer

Senator Conroy has released the long awaited report on the ISP filtering live pilot. Read it here. Minister’s Press Release EFA’s Response List of media stories More to come. Somebody Think Of The Children - 2:30 p.m. Tuesday 15th December 2009 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

3 months ago

ISPs put hands up to play censor? Majors may go at filtering alone spacer

Details are sketchy, but Communications Day has reported that Telstra, Optus, iiNet and Primus will cooperatively introduce a system to block a blacklist of Refused Classification (RC) websites. Commsday reports ... Somebody Think Of The Children - 10 p.m. Monday 14th December 2009 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

About time: Public Consultation on R18+ Classification for computer games spacer

It’s finally here (and about time). The Federal Government is inviting submissions from the Australian public on whether the Australian National Classification Scheme should include an R18+ rating for video ... Somebody Think Of The Children - 8:40 p.m. Monday 14th December 2009 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

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