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• 06.25.09
  Australia to Ban Second Life? Privacy and Protection, Second Life | (85)

  According to the Inquisitr, new laws in Australia will mean that Second Life is banned on that continent. The site reports: "The Australian Minister for Censorship has today confirmed what I’ve been reporting for nearly two years: online adult games including Second Life will be banned in Australia. A spokesman for Censorship Minister Stephen “Goebbels” Conroy confirmed that “under the filtering plan, it will be extended to downloadable games, flash-based web games and sites which sell physical copies of games that do not meet the MA15+ standard.” In Australia, the MA15+ rating means that the content is restricted to those aged 15 ...

  Tagged: Australia, censorship, Classification Board, Second Life, Sydney Morning Herald, web censorship plan
  

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