New labor, new censorship? Politics, religion and internet filtering in Australia

Information and Communications Technology Law

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 167-183

  Simpson, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Censorship; Children; Family policy; Internet filtering; Religion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84953382366     PISSN: 13600834     EISSN: 14698404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13600830802472982     Document Type: Article

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