netwars and the war on terror

This page considers the shape of online content regulation since 1997

It covers -

• introduction - making sense of the net and making mischief
• regulatory architecture - key features of the Australian approach to regulating the net
• displacement and international cooperation - shifting smut offshore and global agreements on action
• filters and placebos - the flawed filter provisions and placebos such as NetAlert
• gambling and datacasting - protecting the commercial status quo?
• suicide, spam and terror - action against online suicide guides, incitements to terrorism, tools for bomb-making and spam

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