Comments on: How Big Brother just turkey-slapped the internet

By: Maria

Maria — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 03:38:40 +0000

Censorship of the internet, do we live in a democracy or not . I don’t think we like being told what to do Stephen Conroy. Your no voluntary euthenasia sites ect. what next. If this is allowed to go ahead then our Democracy & free speach what’s left of it with political correctness gone mad one wonders where we will end up. Our right to choose is paramount.

By: Ro

Ro — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:18:00 +0000

Wasn’t there already a code of practice in place for content on Australian websites? Any content past the M classification has to have credit card verification? It would be a matter of time before live streaming was next in line.

I remember a number of websites simply shifted their hosting to overseas to bypass any censorship concerns.

By: David Knox

David Knox — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:59:00 +0000

Context is usually everything for ACMA. 2 males holding down a woman and slapping her with a penis is more than nudity. That said it remains to be seen how these recommendations will translate.

By: Sillygostly

Sillygostly — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:52:00 +0000

Not this crap again.

The "turkey slap" incident is hardly deserving of an MA15+ rating. Considering the way the scene was depicted, it would have fallen comfortably within the lower end of the M rating.

Virtually no nudity is depicted as the angle (and lighting) pretty much obscured the genitalia, and although there was obvious genital-to-face contact, the incident was brief, and devoid of any sexual context, thus minimizing the impact that the scene may have had on viewers.

Frankly, Rima's explanation of how an orgasm is achieved on last week's Big Mouth was way more explicit than the silly "turkey slap" which has had an unfortunate impact on Australian TV/internet censorship standards. >:(