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Blog, Internet, Security - Tuesday, May 21, 2013 17:11 - 7 Comments
‘Gross abuse of power’:
IPA columnist condemns ASIC filtering
blog It seems that the move by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission to unilaterally decide to start blocking websites it deems to have illegal material has outraged basically everyone with any interest in the Internet in Australia (we’ll have more on that in coming days). Perhaps one of the most outraged is Chris Berg, a research fellow with the Institute of Public Affairs, a long-time advocate for free speech, and, dare we say it, a thorn in the side of powerful government authorities exceeding their mandate (shocking, we know). Berg writes today on The ABC’s The Drum site:
“The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is completely out of control … Censoring the internet is a gross abuse of its status as an independent regulator. Perhaps we could forgive an abuse of power if it was a one-time thing. But it’s part of a pattern.”
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