Australia is banning Second Life®?
Posted on June 26, 2009 by Ana Lutetia | 5 Comments
Yesterday, in twitter, Tao Takashi posted a link about Australian government banning Second Life®. I couldn’t believe what I was reading and the idea that I had about Australia completely changed. It is so odd to see such a developed country with internet restrictions and censorship. This is the 21st century and we are grown adults!
My country lived in a dictatorship for 50 years. Luckily, I am too young to have lived it but my parents lived it and it wasn’t good. All the news they read were filtered as in censored and as a result my generation has very strong feelings against censorship. Or, at least, people from my age that I know feel strongly against censorship.
Why is it an governmental matter what people do online in the privacy of their homes? Even in a develop country, they must more important issues to deal with than with restricting internet… Seriously, I don’t get it!
Further Reading:
The Australian Minister for Censorship has today confirmed what I’ve been reporting for nearly two years: online adult games including Second Life will be banned in Australia.
Inquisitr :: Confirmed: Second Life, online adult games to be banned outright in Australia
The Federal Government has now set its sights on gamers, promising to use its internet censorship regime to block websites hosting and selling video games that are not suitable for 15 year olds.
The Age :: Web filters to censor video games
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June 26th, 2009 @ 23:10
The Australian Govt has a very prudish attitude, and has been trying to censor the internet since at least 1999, when I worked in an ISP.
Oddly enough, it\’s not since I lived in the UK that I could see how backwards some of the Australian population really was in it\’s attitude to sex/education/politics. Rather sad really.
But in our last election I suspect most of the votors didn\’t realize they either had to vote for a Right wing Christian, or a Left wing Christian, both of whom would like to direct how the population thinks, acts and behaves.
This still has to go before the Upper and Lower houses of Parliament and get the support of independants. The Family First party wants this to pass for their evangelical agenda, but other indepentants are holding back.
I suspect there will be quite a lot of low level civil disobediance and hackaism if this thing goes ahead.
June 27th, 2009 @ 13:23
It is sad indeed… What shocks me the most is reading that in the 21st century, there are develop countries acting like they were in the Middle Age and not letting people access information freely.
June 27th, 2009 @ 19:40
People who are motivated by religion are living in the Middle ages, and want the rest of us to join them. Remember, they are “saving” us.
June 29th, 2009 @ 17:38
It is quite disturbing indeed, considering the number of people that live from SL or are handicapped and use SL as an outlet to socialize. As far as Australia is concerned – it is actually quite good country apart from politicians lol. In one of our states local government has managed to impose curfew after 3am for all clubs. Basically if you are outside under curfew you would not be able to enter the venue and would have to go home. So much for club hopping not that it impacts me much. I just think these small steps make us more closer to China than USA – of wait we are!
June 29th, 2009 @ 18:34
Australia is one of the countries I would love to visit even thought it is in the other side of the world for me.
curfew? A developed country with curfew?
Going out clubbing, for me, means hopping for club to club until 6am and then go eat breakfast with the gang. This could mean that the night would only end at midday…