Ethics Assignment #1

On February 10, 2010 Anonymous launched Operation Titstorm against the Australian government in response to a proposed internet censorship plan by the Australian Telecommunications Minister Stephen Conroy. The plan would require internet service providers to block users from accessing websites that feature bestiality, rape, child sex abuse, small-breasted women (who may appear under the legal age), female ejaculation, cartoons of the listed sexual acts are also included in the proposal. The proposal also includes gambling sites, sites that are showing drug use, and many others that didn't include adult content. This proposal would essentially give the government the power to block the Australian users from accessing content that they deem as illegal or unwanted. Anonymous didn't like that the Australian government was attempting to censor the internet so they DDoS government websites, spammed government offices with pornographic emails, faxes, and phone calls. I don't really think that what they did was right or wrong. I do think that what they did could be considered as a form of protest against internet censorship and no one was physically harmed in the process. I do agree that the government shouldn't censor the internet and we should be able to search and look at what we want on the internet.