Australian activist can't use encrypted apps, must let police access phone

Re:Australian activist can't use encrypted apps, must let po... by OJFord on Monday August 01, 2022 @07:19AM (#32304428)

Yes, but what I'm saying is do they ever refuse to rate a film?

Life of Brian was another example I was thinking of, and as you say, same as I described there - rated, then banned.

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Re:Australian activist can't use encrypted apps, must let po... by alexwlchan on Monday August 01, 2022 @07:41AM (#32304609)

Apparently so: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_works_rejected_by_the_...

I’m surprised by how long the list is; I thought it was much rarer and more exceptional. The only time I’d heard of them rejecting a film was when it showed unsimulated animal cruelty, but I guess there must be other reasons.

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Re:Australian activist can't use encrypted apps, must let po... by OJFord on Monday August 01, 2022 @09:36AM (#32305747)

Huh, thanks for that. I had heard about requesting cuts now you mention it. (And this is also done to target a rating, if they want to get a 12A but as-is it's a 15 for example.)

I wonder if the ones never released are just because they didn't want to cut enough, preferring to abandon the project though.

> The only time I’d heard of them rejecting a film was when it showed unsimulated animal cruelty, but I guess there must be other reasons.

Porn, or rather it somehow going too far, seems to be a big one based on a lot of the titles there.

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Re:Australian activist can't use encrypted apps, must let po... by implements on Monday August 01, 2022 @10:23AM (#32306347)

Some films are so grim that if they cut out all the unacceptable stuff there’d be no film left worth seeing. Porn gets an R18 rating - provided it’s not dangerous, violent, illegal or obscene - and can shown at specially licensed sex cinemas.

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