Cyberspace
Most of the time I use the internet to research stories, look up movies or stalk… errm, I mean keep in contact with friends using social media. If I’m feeling particularly exciting I might check out a YouTube video of a cat playing the piano or a panda sneezing.
My computer, on the other hand, is busy running around extorting people as part of an organised crime gang or working as a double agent for foreign governments. And in its down time it hires itself out as a mercenary.
And there is a good chance yours is doing this too.
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Depending on which way you look at it, Australia can indeed be considered ‘the lucky country’ when it comes to internet censorship.
Our browsing has always remained the decision of the user, and an entire world of possibilities have been left open – happiness, whatever your definition, has never been further than a mouse click away.
While some of the options available on the internet are morally ambiguous, many of them are legal – you just don’t want to bring up the topics loudly at dinner parties.
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Kailan says:
Free info like this is an apple from the tree of kownldege. Sinful? Read more »
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townsville tom says:
Rubbish! I am approaching 70 and beleve I have the right to research any subject I wish, without the approval of any politician of any persuasion. Conroy is a bitter, delusional person with a control problem. His system will not stop child pornographic transmission - it will create oppression by… Read more »
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