[pchelpers] News: Australia's Internet filter ruled by a single bureaucrat

By Darren Pauli , Computerworld Australia , 03/18/2009

The accountability of the federal government's Internet content filter
has been called into question following revelations that the decision to
ban Web sites lacks consultation and can be made by a single staffer.

Privacy advocacy groups have expressed concerns that the looming
Internet content filter could become authoritarian unless adequate
accountability and review is included into how the communications
watchdog bans Web sites.

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) was left
red-faced after it was attacked in a recent Senate Estimates hearing by
Senator Scott Ludlam for banning an anti-abortionist Web site without
consulting the classification board.

more here:
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/031809-australias-internet-filter-ruled-by.html
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