The Aussies Went and Done It
Country Watch: Australia
5/2/2000; 10:47:25 AM Jan 19, 2000: Cultural decency laws are a sore spot for those worried about the future of the internet, and for good reason. They boil down to exceptions on free speech, and that worries people. It's fairly well understood that there must be exceptions on free speech, such as preventing libel and slander, but how fine the line between "decency" and true 
On the plus side, the government seems fairly restrained about it; rather then taking a whole site down, it ordered specific pages down. Fairly enlightened, I think. I daresay the US government would have simply confiscated all equipment used in the manufacture and serving of the site.