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Jay Jays’ Little Losers line of clothing was criticised by the Australian Childhood Foundation in Sydney's Daily Telegraph, saying the t-shirt slogans send the wrong message to kids. Based on MR MEN characters, T-shirt slogans include: Mr Pimp; Mr Drunk; Mr Well Hung; Mr Asshole; Miss Wasted; Miss Floozy; Miss bitch... The Little Losers clothing line is being marketed to kids aged 12 to 17 and includes, t-shirts, mini skirts, shorts, accessories and sleepwear. But it is the t-shirt slogans that has parents up in arms and calling for the tees to be pulled from sale.  Read more >

The CP80 Initiative: a viable alternative to ISP filtering in Australia Well I’m not hearing a lot of support for ISP filtering and the clean feed proposed by the federal government on 31 December 2007. So I was wondering how Internet users feel about the CP80 initiative being proposed in the United States. If a similar system were introduced in Australia, it would not only prevent children from being exposed to pornography, a similar initiative here would alleviate many of the concerns raised in the debate on ISP filtering.  Read more >