Editing Telecommunications in Australia (section)

===Internet censorship===
{{Main|Internet censorship in Australia#Federal law}}
On 31 December 2007, [[Stephen Conroy]] announced the federal government's intention to censor "inappropriate material" from the Internet.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/12/31/2129471.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080101054613/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/12/31/2129471.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 January 2008|title=Conroy announces mandatory internet filters to protect children|publisher=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]]|location=Australia|date=31 December 2007|access-date=3 March 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.engin.com.au/government-claims-data-retention-laws-only-target-extremists/|title=Government Claims Data Retention Laws Only Target Extremists|access-date=20 November 2014}}</ref> Under the proposed system any Australian who subscribes to an [[ISP]] would receive a "clean" version of the Internet. The Federal Government's stated aim is to protect children from accessing violent and pornographic websites. This plan was later abandoned and the Australian government continues to only block websites that violate online laws.