Week 6: Politics and New Technology

A topic in the lecture was the idea of censorship of free speech and access to information. I explored how government censorship of traditional or physical media is essentially now pointless. A recent example I found was the refusal of classification of the video game Saints Row IV after the Australian government created an 18+ rating suited for video game review. Something I was taking note of during the overseas release of the title was the access to information, video content and images from the title in Australia. I was able to access multiple YouTube play-throughs of the content despite the censorship and likely key word blocking from the Australian government. This would at least show that we aren't quite to the level of China's censorship. Are traditional methods of censorship still viable in an environment of new technology?

Classification.gov.au, 2013, 2013 Media Releases, viewed 29 August 2013, <http://www.classification.gov.au/Public/Resources/Pages/2013mediareleases.aspx >