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defrogI get press releases.
They’re pretty much never (1) from hacker groups declaring war on the Australian govt for censoring Internet pr0n or (2) worth reproducing in their entirety.
Until today.
From: operation.titstorm@gmail.com
Subject: Greetings Australian Government Officials, Members of Local and International Press, and the General Public. We are Anonymous.
Date: 9 February 2010 11:16:24 AM GMT+08:00
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Greetings Australian Government Officials, Members of Local and International Press, and the General Public. We are Anonymous.
Austrailia - 2/8/2010 - Over the past several years, we have maintained a close watch on the actions of the Australian Government with particular focus on its stance towards internet censorship.
Australia's laws on internet censorship are already among the most restrictive in the western world. Their government filters more internet content than any other Parliamentary Democracy. For some elements within the Government, including Telecommunications Minister Senator Stephen Conroy, this still is not enough. Late in January of 2009 he proposed legislature that would lead to mandatory ISP filtering for all of Australia. The stated goal is to prevent Australia from viewing "illegal and unwanted content" on the internet.
Anonymous' concern with this legislature is twofold.
First, the ambiguity of the term "unwanted content" is completely unacceptable. No government should have the right to refuse its citizens access to information solely because they perceive it to be "unwanted." Indeed, the only possible interpretation of "unwanted content" is content that the government itself does not want to be seen.
More importantly, Anonymous does not approve of the steps already undertaken by the Australian Government to control what their populous sees. Claiming to be cracking down on "simulated child pornography," many depictions of women with small breasts in pornography have been banned. Officials cannot claim that they believe the models in these movies are in fact underage, as the production the titles that have been affected are heavily regulated to ensure the age of the models. Instead they are relying on earlier ambiguous wording that allows pornography featuring models that "appear to be" under 18 years of age to be treated in the same manner as actual child pornography.
The repercussions of this censorship of a natural body type on the psyche of Australian women cannot be understated, but this is not Anonymous' concern. The Australian Government will learn that one does not mess with our porn. No one messes with our access to perfectly legal (or illegal) content for any reason.
We are Legion.
We do not Forgive.
We do not Forget
Expect us.
Contact: operation.titstorm@gmail.com
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The hacker group Anonymous promises to attack Australian govt web sites in protest of censorship plans to ban all porn featuring A-cup women and female ejaculation.
They made good on that promise today.
Personally, I agree with the anti-censorship groups that condemned the attacks – it's unlikely to convince the govt to change its mind. In fact, it’s more likely to backfire in that regard.
Still, I don’t get nearly enough press releases with statements like:
So, points for that.
Pr0n wants to be free,
This is dF
They’re pretty much never (1) from hacker groups declaring war on the Australian govt for censoring Internet pr0n or (2) worth reproducing in their entirety.
Until today.
From: operation.titstorm@gmail.com
Subject: Greetings Australian Government Officials, Members of Local and International Press, and the General Public. We are Anonymous.
Date: 9 February 2010 11:16:24 AM GMT+08:00
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Greetings Australian Government Officials, Members of Local and International Press, and the General Public. We are Anonymous.
Austrailia - 2/8/2010 - Over the past several years, we have maintained a close watch on the actions of the Australian Government with particular focus on its stance towards internet censorship.
Australia's laws on internet censorship are already among the most restrictive in the western world. Their government filters more internet content than any other Parliamentary Democracy. For some elements within the Government, including Telecommunications Minister Senator Stephen Conroy, this still is not enough. Late in January of 2009 he proposed legislature that would lead to mandatory ISP filtering for all of Australia. The stated goal is to prevent Australia from viewing "illegal and unwanted content" on the internet.
Anonymous' concern with this legislature is twofold.
First, the ambiguity of the term "unwanted content" is completely unacceptable. No government should have the right to refuse its citizens access to information solely because they perceive it to be "unwanted." Indeed, the only possible interpretation of "unwanted content" is content that the government itself does not want to be seen.
More importantly, Anonymous does not approve of the steps already undertaken by the Australian Government to control what their populous sees. Claiming to be cracking down on "simulated child pornography," many depictions of women with small breasts in pornography have been banned. Officials cannot claim that they believe the models in these movies are in fact underage, as the production the titles that have been affected are heavily regulated to ensure the age of the models. Instead they are relying on earlier ambiguous wording that allows pornography featuring models that "appear to be" under 18 years of age to be treated in the same manner as actual child pornography.
The repercussions of this censorship of a natural body type on the psyche of Australian women cannot be understated, but this is not Anonymous' concern. The Australian Government will learn that one does not mess with our porn. No one messes with our access to perfectly legal (or illegal) content for any reason.
We are Legion.
We do not Forgive.
We do not Forget
Expect us.
Contact: operation.titstorm@gmail.com
###
To unsubscribe from this mailing list please reply to this email with the subject UNSUBSCRIBE.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The hacker group Anonymous promises to attack Australian govt web sites in protest of censorship plans to ban all porn featuring A-cup women and female ejaculation.
They made good on that promise today.
Personally, I agree with the anti-censorship groups that condemned the attacks – it's unlikely to convince the govt to change its mind. In fact, it’s more likely to backfire in that regard.
Still, I don’t get nearly enough press releases with statements like:
“The Australian Government will learn that one does not mess with our porn. No one messes with our access to perfectly legal (or illegal) content for any reason.”
So, points for that.
Pr0n wants to be free,
This is dF
