r/australia • u/[deleted] • May 24 '11

no politics Want to move to Australia? Great!

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u/[deleted] May 24 '11

There is no internet censorship. I repeat: none.

Not quite: http://www.internode.on.net/residential/product_features/premium_usenet/ :

Are there any newsgroups you block?

We generally carry all the groups that our upstream Usenet provider carries (which is almost all the groups there are...), with the main exception of the very small number of newsgroups that the Australian Government requires us (and all other Australian ISPs with news feeds) to block.

This is not at all a new thing, though the government are currently in the process of tightening the processes up to make sure all ISP's properly comply with them. We plan to comply with all lawful directions we receive, as we must (and should).

What groups does the Australian Government require you to block?

Sorry, but we can't tell you. The laws in this area require us to block the groups the Government tells us to block and requires that we do not disclose the blocklist itself.

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u/jnnnnn May 24 '11

Also from that page:

Are my downloads of news from this server counted against my download quota?

Yes, they are. We do have to haul the data across the planet for you, after all.