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From The Herald Sun
October 29, 2008 -

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AUSTRALIA will join China in implementing mandatory censoring of the internet under plans put forward by the Federal Government.

The revelations emerge as US tech giants Google, Microsoft and Yahoo, and a coalition of human rights and other groups unveiled a code of conduct aimed at safeguarding online freedom of speech and privacy.

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Those two paragraphs would appear to be at odds with each other . . . .

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The Australian Christian Lobby, however, has welcomed the proposals.

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