"Australia Day won't just be celebrated with the usual barbecues, pool parties and the Top Drum n Bass of 2009 [oh and Triple J Hottest 100] this year.

A throng of Australian websites will mark the event by fading to black as part of a week-long, national protest against the Federal Government's proposed internet filter."

Internet filters are bad, mkay?

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