Government to curb web racismTHE Federal Government wants to make spreading race hatred on websites, -- Anonymous

[ Show ]

Support VoyForums

[ Shrink ]

VoyForums Announcement: Programming and providing support for this service has been a labor of love since 1997. We are one of the few services online who values our users' privacy, and have never sold your information. We have even fought hard to defend your privacy in legal cases; however, we've done it with almost no financial support -- paying out of pocket to continue providing the service. Due to the issues imposed on us by advertisers, we also stopped hosting most ads on the forums many years ago. We hope you appreciate our efforts.

Show your support by donating any amount. (Note: We are still technically a for-profit company, so your contribution is not tax-deductible.) PayPal Acct: Feedback:

Donate to VoyForums (PayPal):

Sunday, May 17, 05:05:01am

[ Login ] [ Contact Forum Admin ] [ Main index ] [ Post a new message ] [ Search | Check update time | Archives: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, [6], 7, 8, 9, 10 ]

Subject: Government to curb web racismTHE Federal Government wants to make spreading race hatred on websites,

Author:
Using the internet for "offensive and menacing purposes" will be a crimepunishable by a two-year jail sentence.

[ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

Date Posted: Monday, September 22, 06:59:18am
In reply to: 's message, "Note for legals ISP contacted subpoena all correspondence" on Monday, August 25, 06:37:08pm

From: AntiMulticulture (someone@somewhere.com)
Subject: Government to curb web racism

View this article only
Newsgroups: alt.politics.british, alt.politics.immigration, alt.politics.uk, aus.politics, us.politics
Date: 2003-09-10 03:59:27 PST

Government to curb web racism
Bernard Freedman

THE Federal Government wants to make spreading race hatred on websites,
emails, internet chat rooms and computer games a criminal offence.

To do this, the government will amend the Criminal Code Act to include a
range of internet offences, Communications Minister Richard Alston and
Justice Minister Chris Ellison announced last week.

Using the internet for "offensive and menacing purposes" will be a crime
punishable by a two-year jail sentence.

This will include "cyber-racism", material that "reasonable persons would
regard as being, in all the circumstances, offensive".

The new law will also apply to child pornography, to "rebirthing" of stolen
mobile phones and to those using the internet to "advocate or facilitate
violent protests".

--

JimB
Union Against Multiculturalism
http://www.geocities.com/UAM01
Post a follow-up to this message

[ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

Replies:

Subject	Author	Date
IP protocol still being pinched--note for legals (NT)	breaking of NSW privacy laws invasion of privacy still occuring	Thursday, September 25, 07:03:46pm