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Telstra proposes to filter Interpol blacklist
The nation’s largest telco Telstra today revealed it was close to achieving executive sign-off for its internal proposal guiding the…
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Telstra, Optus to start censoring the web next month
Australia will soon become one of the few countries to have controlled internet censorship. Picture: Switched On Source: National Features…
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France falls under internet censorship
THE FRENCH PARLIAMENT has buckled under pressure and approved the Sarkozy government's authoritarian plans to censor the Internet. The government…
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Keeping Kids Safe Cannot Be Outsourced
As I speak with parents (as I did two weeks ago when I spoke at St Mark’s Anglican Church on…
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Australian Government To Delay Internet Censorship Until After Next Election
In one of its most cynical moves yet, the Australian Government will delay the implementation of Internet censorship until after…
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Conroy pledges not to broaden filter scope
Critics of the mandatory filter say the refused classification category is far too broad. (ABC News: Nic MacBean, file photo)…
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Greens won't back federal plans for internet filters (READ: Bill can not pass now!)
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Google baulks at Conroy's call to censor YouTube
Google says it will not "voluntarily" comply with the government's request that it censor YouTube videos in accordance with broad…
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Critics Challenge New Internet Controls in Turkey
Turkey already bans more websites than any other European country. Now the government is set to introduce new controls that…
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Is the Internet Filter Australia's Berlin Wall?
The history of the last twenty years of the Twentieth Century were, for me, marked by a millennial fervor that…
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Rudd retreats on web filter legislation
KEVIN Rudd has put another election promise on the backburner with his controversial internet filtering legislation set to be shelved…
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Australian firewall wobbles under pressure from all sides
The future of the great Australian firewall is beginning to look decidedly shaky, as electoral calculations and widespread condemnation from…
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UK House of Lords Follow China and Australia, Propose Internet Censorship Bill
The Digital Economy Bill is under consideration in the House of Lords.As China, Iran, and Australia initiate draconian efforts to…
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No proof ISP filtering works: Abbott
OPPOSITION leader Tony Abbott says there is insufficient evidence ISP filtering is effective enough to warrant his full support. Mr…
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Our views on Mandatory ISP Filtering
At Google we are concerned by the Government's plans to introduce a mandatory filtering regime for Internet Service Providers (ISP)…
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EFA responds to Senator Conroy
Update : The Minister followed up his attacks today, see below. During yesterday’s Question Time, Communications Minister Stephen Conroy again faced…
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Internet Censorship Alert!
The Western world, from Australia to the United States, UK and parts of Europe, are moving in a unified front…
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Ambulance Service of NSW internet and social media policy bans dissent, 2009 - Wikileaks
Released November 2, 2009SummaryEmployee only document from the Ambulance Service of NSW (Australia) relating to the use of the internet and…
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TEAR DOWN THE (FIRE)WALL!!!
A parody of Pink Floyd’s masterpiece, The Trial: The Crown will plainly show The prisoner who now stands before you,…
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Internet freedom in 2010 looks like 1984
Any Australian government of any persuasion that attempted to construct in secret a surveillance scheme for monitoring the day-to-day activities…
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A society whose citizens refuse to see and investigate the facts, who refuse to believe that their government and their media will routinely lie to them and fabricate a reality contrary to verifiable facts, is a society that chooses and…
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More powers to nab net racists
LAWS to tackle racism on the internet are set to be strengthened to give authorities more power to act against…
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Govt wants ISPs to record browsing history
Companies who provide customers with a connection to the internet may soon have to retain subscriber's private web browsing history…
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Consultation raises 'issues', delays filter Bill
The Federal Government has delayed the introduction of legislation that will make it mandatory for internet service providers (ISPs) to…
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Wikileaks removed from ACMA blacklist
No parts of whistleblower website Wikileaks are now on the Australian blacklist of banned websites, according to the Australian Communications…
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Australia makes Google's top 10 censorship list - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Google says the release of the information is the first step towards increased transparency. (Reuters: Clay McLachlan) Audio: Google lists…
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Censorship the real sleeper in the government's $43bn NBN chaos
THE political row over the future of the federal government's $43 billion National Broadband Network has been dominated by the…
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Nov 09 Newsletter - Greens betray trust over internet censorship - Civil Liberties Australia
The Greens' have chosen a candidate for the Higgins federal by-election who is rabidly pro-censorship of the internet - directly…
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An open letter to Senator Stephen Conroy from a concerned parent! - Atomik Soapbox
Thank you Stephen Conroy! Thank you so much for keeping my family safe. By announcing that your new internet filter…
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Official Petition Against Compulsory Internet Censorship In Australia - Coordinated By Melissa Short - 13th January 2010
This Graphic Was Taken From The Website: leavethenetalone.wordpress.com Official Petition - Against Compulsory Internet Censorship In Australia Coordinated By Melissa…
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Tear down the great firewall - GetUp!
Tear down the great firewall Senator Conroy thinks he can sneak his plan to censor the internet in as Australia…
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