AU Government Backs Away From Web Snooping Plans

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Submission + - AU Government Backs Away From Web Snooping Plans

Submitted by bennyboy64 on Wednesday August 04, 2010 @12:48AM

bennyboy64 writes: The Australian Government has moved to distance itself from its controversial web snooping plans during the election campaign and the decision to hide details from the public. Australia's Attorney-General Robert McClelland yesterday defended his department censoring about 90 per cent of a secret government document, obtained under freedom of information (FoI) laws, outlining plans to snoop on Australians' web surfing.

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