Google and other tech giants are making waves today over Internet censorship in a place people might not expect — Australia.
The Sydney Morning Herald reports that Google, Yahoo and others “delivered a withering critique” of government plans to force Internet service providers to block certain content.
The Australian government has been putting its censorship plans in place for more than a year now. And it plans to introduce legislation this year that will require that ISPs use filters to block content such as child sex abuse, bestiality, detailed instruction in crime or anything advocating terrorism, according to Australia’s Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy.
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