Appearance of the World Wide Web was the hope for freedom of speech. It was hope for a brighter future where people around the world can communicate and share without limits.

But what can you see on this map? Not every country has this freedom. My friends live in one of such black-holes zones: Internet traffic is controlled; emails fail; news are filtered; and lots of sites are unreachable.

At some point nobody is surprised when it happens in China or Russia.

But is Australia going to be next?

Show your support for Aussies during the ‘Australian Internet Blackout’ anti-censorship campaign by Moggs Oceanlane

“The Australian Government is planning to put the proposal regarding centralised internet filtering (read censorship) through Parliment in 2010.  This will put Australia in an elite club with China, Iran and Saudi Arabia – countries that already have centralised Internet Filtering - scary huh? (and you know, we are meant to live in a democracy!!).

The list of censored/filters sites will include “unclassified content” – but there are no indications that a list of what is being filtered/censored will be disclosed to the public – they’ll just have to find out as it happens.  The filtering will not only limit what can be accessed online but, as indicated by the testing that has already taken place, will significantly slow down the Australian broadband network.  This week there the “Great Australian Internet Blackout” campaign in running to raise awareness in the media of this issue – many Australians still have no idea of the Governments plans.

So what can you do to show your support?

Take an action and support Australia: Say NO to Australian Government, because you never know if your country is going to be next.