Australia passes controversial anti-piracy web censorship law
http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2015/06/australia-passes-controversial-anti-piracy-web-censorship-law/
As well as being based on a false premise, the new law will also be
ineffectual, since Australians can simply use to web proxies and VPNs
to circumvent any blocks that are imposed. This has raised the fear
that the courts will go on to apply the new law to VPN providers,
although Australia's Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull has
insisted this won't happen. According to TorrentFreak, last week
Turnbull said: "VPNs have a wide range of legitimate purposes, not
least of which is the preservation of privacy--something which every
citizen is entitled to secure for themselves--and [VPN providers] have
no oversight, control or influence over their customers' activities."
If Turnbull sticks to that view, it is likely that Australians will
turn increasingly to VPNs to nullify the new law.
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--Lauren--
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