Australian Registrar Shuts Down Satire Web Site
Lester Haines writes on The Register:
An Australian domain name registrar has bowed to pressure from the office of PM John Howard and shut down a satirical website resembling that of the Oz supremo and carrying an "apology" for the war in Iraq, the Sydney Morning Herald reports.More here.
Veteran satirist Richard Neville's johnhowardpm.org - registered with Melbourne IT and hosted by Yahoo! - was blocked on Tuesday after just 24 hours online during which it attracted 10,500 hits. Neville told the SMH that a representative of the registrar confirmed by phone that the site had been "closed on the advice from the Australian Government".
posted by Fergie @ 3/20/2006 06:00:00 AM
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