Concerns As Australia Censors Wikileaks Page

Outcry from concerned internet users over Australia’s attempts to censor ‘objectionable’ parts of the web has grown this week as internet-based depository for leaked documents Wikileaks reported that one of its pages is now banned in Australia. The page in question, a list of nearly 4,000 websites censored by the Danish government, was submitted to the Australian Communications and Media Authority by a web activist, who then posted the correspondence on an Australian forum devoted to the discussion of broadband and internet issues.

Both the Australian and the Danish lists are intended to protect against child pornography on the internet, but some have expressed concern that the secrecy of the lists invites abuse. The banning of the Wikileaks page is, they say, evidence that they have reason for concern.