Government accused of sneaking in web filter

Posted by caitlyn on May 22, 2013 3:18 AM EDT
The Sydney Morning Herald; By Ben Grubb
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The federal government has been accused of sneaking mandatory web filtering through the back door after one of its agencies inadvertently blocked 1200 websites using a little-known law. Technology news website Delimiter this week revealed the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) last month used a telco law to ask major internet service providers (ISPs) to block a website it believed was defrauding Australians.

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