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Friday 24 January 2014 21.47

The Government has opposed the Censorship of Publications Board Repeal Bill 2013, which was put forward by Fianna Fil justice spokesperson Niall Collins in the Dil this morning.

Minister for Communications Pat Rabbittesaid it was a complex and technical area and that the Government would examine the matter.

Mr Collins said the response from the Government benches was "regrettable"and said he did not believe the minister outlined reasons why the bill was being opposed.

The Censorship of Publications Board was originally established in 1946 to ban the sale or publication of controversial publications.

Its five-year term of office expired in November 2011 and the new board has not been appointed yet.

There were chortles on both sides of the chamber when Mr Collins said the Censorship Board has had no members since 2011.

He said it has only been relevant once in the past five years - when it received a complaint about Minister for Justice Alan Shatter's novel Laura.

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Davos, Switzerland Google Chairman Eric Schmidt said the company is intent on using encryption technologies to penetrate countries with strict censorship rules, such as China and North Korea.

It is possible, within the next decade, using encryption, we would be able to open up countries that have strict censorship laws giving people a voice, Schmidt said on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum at Davos.

In the wake of the disclosures about surveillance by the National Security Agency, Schmidt said Google has been working to strengthen its encryption so governments wont be able to penetrate it. This creates a problem for governments like Chinas, Schmidt added.

Google moved its search services out of China in 2010 and relocated to Hong Kong, because of concerns about censorship and cyberattacks, but Schmidt said that the company watches developments there closely. He said that YouTube is totally blocked and that Gmail works sporadically.

Schmidt said the growing number of people using social media in China will ultimately overcome government censorship.

The Google chairman said he views the Chinese as technological equals, but he blamed them for most of the worlds industrial espionage. Eighty to 85% of industrial espionage is thought to be done by China. Its a real problem. No other country comes close, Schmidt said.

Schmidt said the global debate over privacy sparked by the NSA disclosures is a good thing. Because you can do this monitoring does not mean you should do this monitoring, he said.

Asked about comments by a Microsoft executive that the company may allow non-U.S. customers to store their data outside the U.S., Schmidt said, I dont understand it.

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Censorship should not be looked at as taking away an individuals rights, but rather empowering someone to make appropriate choices while benefiting the masses.

Without censorship affecting the type of programs that can be aired at certain times, parents would have to be hyper-vigilant about allowing their children to watch television. Without this kind of censorship, young children would likely be exposed to sexual and violent content regularly.

If adults wish to watch this kind of content, it is as easy as turning on the TV late at night or renting other titles they want to watch instead. Censoring content at certain times of the day and night protects children while posing only a minor inconvenience to adult viewers.

Censorship is too often looked at in negative light. By limiting explicit material on television, this gives adults more control of the entertainment they or their children are exposed to. It also ensures those who are triggered by questionable content will not accidentally stumble upon something that could have a negative impact on them.

Censorship does not take away peoples freedoms. Film and television ratings provide parents a quick and accessible way to review the type of content they and their kids consume. If parents do not care about the content their children consume, such media is readily available.

Of course, people may argue bleeping out adult language from a movie shown on television ruins its integrity. However, this is untrue because it is relatively easy for adults to still understand the original words that are being bleeped out, and it is beneficial to kids because they may not understand and be exposed to the profanity.

If television was not censored and films were not rated, it could be difficult for families to find suitable content for their children to watch. Mild media censorship is important in helping parents keep their children from being exposed to questionable material.

Censorship in a democratic society should never be tolerated.

Censorship in essence deems one thing as right while another is wrongsomething which is subjective and constantly up for debate. What is deemed obscene or inappropriate by some may be the complete antithesis to another. Laws regulating subjective ideas like obscenity and inappropriateness should not exist.

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