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http://www.it.fairfax.com.au/industry/20000208/A4165-2000Feb7.html
Laws fail to block Net porn
By JENNY SINCLAIR
Tuesday 8 February 2000
A NEWSGROUP posting has been classified as banned material by the Office of Film and Literature Classification.
The posting, a text-only piece described as a "snuff story" by Electronic Frontiers Australia member Danny Yee, was first published on 14 December 1998.
Yee found the piece on DejaNews (www.dejanews.com) and submitted it as a complaint to test the regulations, he said.
The Australian Broadcasting Authority says it has advised approved Internet filter makers that the portion of the news archive Web server containing the posting is "refused classification" and should be blocked.
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