'Big Brother' Incident Changes Australian Law

Last week, a footage surfaced on the Internet in which two housemates from the Australian reality show, 'Big Brother' were seen holding down a fellow woman and one of them rubbing his penis all over her face. The next day, the two male contestants were ejected from the house because they 'broke housemate conduct rules' and not because of the supposed assault on the tearful girl.

The Australian Prime Minister went live and demanded that the 'stupid program' be taken off the air immediately, at which statement the producers of the show responded that, because they are guilty of no crime, they will do no such thing.

Accordingly, the national law was modified to include 'incidents' such as these, thus making the TV programs liable to be held responsible in front of a court with judge and jury. Unfortunately, Channel Ten got away free, because the footage was not aired during the program and the assaulted girl refused to file charges against the two men. Even more, she changed her attitude to 180 degrees and stated that it was all just a joke and that she knew it to be such from the very beginning.

Now, the Australian authorities are considering legal modification to include the Internet and Internet broadcasts in general and, needless to say, providers from all over the country are worried about what such measures might lead to. The universal response to the Prime Minister's declarations is: do they really think that they can regulate the Internet? Considering how offended he was by what he called 'a new low' being reached with the 'Big Brother' incident, things are looking pretty grim, indeed.