The 11th annual Internet Industry Awards ceremony was hosted by the Internet Service Providers' Association in London this week. The ISPA is the UK's Trade Association for ISPs and the awards ceremony has become something of an Oscars for the online world.
Stephen Michael Conroy was actually born in England, but has found fame (or should that be infamy) as an Australian politician. Specifically for his role as the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy in the Australian Government.
The Internet censorship policies which were pitched as protective measures for children in the face of online pornography, have actually ended up painting a much broader filtering landscape. Indeed, so broad are the censorship brush strokes that they include revolting and abhorrent phenomena that offends standards of morality. Whatever that means.
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