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Canberra, 29 June 1997 - The Australian Computer Society (ACS) has called for 
Parliamentarians on both sides of politics to reject the controversial recommendations
of the Senate Select Committee on Community Standards Relevant to the Supply of Services
Utilising Electronic Technologies. The committee proposed heavy censorship and random
police searches of Internet users in Australia.

While welcoming most of the recommendations made in the report, ACS President, Tom
Worthington, said the committee had too narrow a focus and concentrated too heavily
on the negative aspects of new technologies. He called for the committee to be replaced
with a new "net committee" which could look at the broader issues of Internet use.

Media release & links to reports: http://www.acs.org.au/news/netfocus.htm

Andrew Freeman, Director of the ACS Community Affairs Board, recently attended
an international meeting which included some discussion on Internet regulation.  He 
will discuss the outcomes of that meeting live on the Internet tonight, at 7.30pm EST,
Sunday, 29 June 1997. IRC details: http://www.gebesse.com.au/acsremot.htm#GetTogether


Tom Worthington <tomw@acslink.net.au> President, Australian Computer Society, GPO Box 
446, Canberra ACT 2601 http://www.acslink.net.au/~tomw
Fax: +61 6 2496419
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