The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has the power to enforce content restrictions on Internet content hosted within Australia, and maintain a "black-list" of overseas websites which is then provided for use in filtering software. The restrictions focus primarily on child pornography, sexual violence, and other illegal activities, compiled as a result of a consumer complaints process. In 2009, the OpenNet Initiative found no evidence of Internet filtering in Australia, but due to legal restrictions ONI does not test for filtering of child pornography.
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Response rates from 222k Australia voters.
29% Yes |
71% No |
15% Yes |
66% No |
9% Yes, but only to prevent child pornography and copyright infringement |
5% No, do not censor or monitor data |
3% Yes, maintain a blacklist of censored websites and require ISPs to retain data for two years for police investigations |
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2% Yes, but allow citizens the option to use a government funded internet filter and do not require ISPs to retain data |
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Unique answers from Australia voters whose views went beyond the provided options.
@522WPB34yrs4Y
Yes But only for racially motivated conduct
@4Z643934yrs4Y
Terrorist yes. But do more on security it was never intended for e commerce and I keep getting porn viruses.
@9ZM933G1mo1MO
Again get out of our homes and our private business, unless the government is going to allow monitoring of all phone calls and emails to be fed via a public site for the australian public to read.
@9W9JK3Z2mos2MO
Yes, maintain a publicly available blacklist of websites, and require ISPs to offload a copy of all data to the government
@9DDBFK51yr1Y
Yes but only to prevent people committing severe crimes like child pornography-related offences
@9V7FRWS3mos3MO
There should be regulations of internet use, however it should not interfere with basic rights involving freedom of expression. There should be a level censorship to prevent child pornography and copyright offences. In my view, censorship is out of control especially with 'fact-checking' it is very overused and an abusive measure of power. The government needs to be more fair to allow fair criticism and open discussions in the political landscape. You cannot prevent people to express their opinions just because you think they're wrong as an example. Everything needs to be fair, but monitored and controlled in other serious circumstances that actually merit censorship and regulation.
@9QZJSXK6mos6MO
There's a difference between censorship and moderation. Child abusers, sex traffickers and organised crime may need some internet interventions. Day to day censorship and monitoring should not be in the government's purview.
@9NT25LD7mos7MO
Maintain a blacklist of censored websites and ISP’s but do not allow the goverment to block news agency's and legitimate foreign media
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