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The Australian government has announced compulsory internet filtering. Rejecting arguments that it will trifle free speech. " Communications Minister Stephen Conroy said new laws would be introduced to ban access to " refused classification " (RC) sites featuring criminal content such as child sex abuse, bestiality, rape and detailed drug use."   " Under the Chinese-style system, Internet service providers (ISPs) in the country would be  legally obliged to filter out banned material . The move would mean more than 1,300 sites that show child pornography, bestiality, sexual violence or give instructions about committing crime would be blocked. The government says such a system would help protect people, especially children, from harmful material found online. Telstra  Australia's leading Internet Service Provider had this to say . " Telstra, Australia's largest Internet service provider, said blacklisting ...