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Australian charged after reposting YouTube video
By Martin English | December 11, 2008
Any doubts I ever had about letting Government Officials decide what I can view over the internet have been completely erased. Apparently, reposting a video that shows a man swinging a baby by the arms (BTW, the baby is shown laughing and smiling at the end of the clip), that was broadcast on US television and has been viewed by hundreds of thousands of people online, is a criminal act.
Chris Illingworth, 60, a father of four from Maroochydore, was charged after he posted the video, which he stumbled across on YouTube, on another internet site.
Queensland Police said it was a crime “to participate in the exploitation and abuse of children by seeking to view, possess, make or distribute child-abuse or child exploitation material”. The definition of “child-abuse material”, supplied by them, is any material that shows a person under the age of 18 who “is, or appears to be, a victim of torture, cruelty or physical abuse”.
“Task Force Argos are continuing to work with international law enforcement partners to identify the child depicted in the video clip to remove him or her from further harm,”
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