Australian Censors Persist in Making a Bad Fist of It

Male masturbation and extreme anal fisting are now PG, as far as the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) are concerned. However, mainstream films such as V for Vendetta and American Gangster are prohibited content — at least if they happen to be distributed through the iTunes Store Gift this movie menu. This would appear to be the latest peculiar twist to the censorship debate in Australia, and is in part a direct consequence of the Australian government pressing ahead with plans for its super-hi-tech firewall — without first sorting out the law that the firewall is meant to embody