[FYI] Nazis, Porn and Politics: Asserting Control Over Internet Content

["Axel H Horns" <horns@ipjur.com>]

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Nazis, Porn and Politics: Asserting Control Over Internet Content  

Carolyn Penfold* Lecturer, Faculty of Law, and Research Associate, 
Cyberspace Law and Policy Centre, University of New South Wales, 
Australia c.penfold@unsw.edu.au   

Abstract  

Australia's attempts to control content on the internet were 
criticized as making Australia the 'village idiot of the internet 
world,' lacking understanding of a global technology not susceptible 
to control by national governments. A recent French Court decision, 
ordering Yahoo Inc (US) to block French internet users' access to 
certain content on its site, is another attempt to use one country's 
laws to control local access to internet content. This paper examines 
the Australian legislation and the French court decision and 
concludes that these two attempts to control access to internet 
content presently appear equally ineffective. However, by signaling 
to other nations their willingness to act to regulate internet 
content, these actions may in fact increase the impetus for moves 
toward more effective international agreement in this area.  

Keywords: Internet Censorship, Internet Content Control, French 
Decision v Yahoo! Inc, Australian Internet Regulation.  

This is a Refereed article published on 2 July 2001.  

Citation: Penfold C, 'Nazis, Porn and Politics: Asserting Control 
Over Internet Content', Refereed article, 2001 (2) The Journal of 
Information, Law and Technology (JILT). 
<http://elj.warwick.ac.uk/jilt/01-2/penfold.html>  

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