ACMA acts on complaints about online coverage of Henson saga
In my previous posting on the Henson saga, I wrote:
Censored versions of some of the photos have been published by News Ltd here. (If they are, in fact, child pornography, then I don't know why News Ltd thinks blacking out breasts makes them any more legal to publish/distribute!)The Sydney Morning Herald now reports that:
Online photographs used by media websites to report on the investigation into Bill Henson have been referred to the Classification Board, the Minister for Home Affairs, Bob Debus, said.
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"Several online images of Bill Henson photographs from media websites reporting on the exhibition at the Rosyln Oxley9 gallery in Sydney have been referred to the Classification Board," he said.
They were referred to the board by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), which investigates complaints about online content.
Worth a thousand words...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaEi9ESRB8o