Opting Against Censorship
Australia is a country where online casino gambling and betting is all very new
and the introduction of these forms of gambling are still leaving the
Australia’s states struggling for new legislation and regulations that will
protect citizens from the internet gambling industry while still granting them
freedoms and liberties. It’s lucky for the government that the speculation that
the government was attempting to filter gaming sites is now debunk. Though there
were initial discussions about censoring out questionable online casino gambling
Web sites – to the tune of more than 10,000 sites, the politician associated
with this initiative, Asher Moses, has withdrawn his support once more
information and evidence has come to light.
Generally, the majorly developed and Western countries have largely decided
against censorship of the internet – even in the case of online casino gambling
– because of the long-term additional consequences and affects and the limiting
of personal freedoms of citizens. Although online casino gambling is an
undesirable for many countries, there are more effective and less intrusive ways
to block access to the online casinos and questionable sites.
Basically, Australia is in a big state of change right now and the speculation
about online casino gambling blocking through internet censorship was just one
suggestion put on the table as the nation brainstorms more effective legislation
and regulations that will prevent an underground or unregulated online gambling
market from cropping up. By and large the Australian public strongly opposed
internet censorship as a way to control internet gambling. |