Re:Australian government accused of sneaking in web filter
by gilgoomesh on Thursday May 16, 2013 @11:11PM
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No, it wasn't the cops. No, it wasn't a thief. Legally, it wasn't anything: there was no judge, no finding of fault, just a clumsy ban without due process for secret reasons.
Banning anything (in this case, websites) without due process, accountability and transparency is completely immoral. The fact that the Australian government keeps trying to do it is abhorrent.
Re:Australian government accused of sneaking in web filter
by rlpb on Friday May 17, 2013 @07:55AM
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The bystanders didn't know they were inconvenienced, and when they figured it out they couldn't figure out why, nor find any route to seek redress to fix the problem.
What this means is that the authorities can impose any block they wish without any accountability whatsoever. This is why this is a big deal. This is like the no-fly list but for the Internet.
The real problem is the second order one: Australian cops are so bad at prosecuting fraud that they resort to blocking websites instead of arresting the people running them. A few websites going down is the least of the consequences.