Archive for January, 2008
Tuesday, January 8th, 2008
I raised a few of my own concerns about what was written in the filtering article that appeared in today's Australian, but EFA Chairperson, Dale Clapperton, has dissected the article with much more precision.
He highlights two of its biggest problems: Random statistics that cannot be confirmed, and Family First ...
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Tuesday, January 8th, 2008
One question some of you might be asking is: How do I explain to my friends/co-workers/partner/dog why we shouldn't introduce mandatory ISP filtering in Australia?
Louise Schaper wrote me with a great letter which includes a number of points you can mention (content written in orange is where I have ...
Posted in Fighting Censorship, Internet Censorship | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, January 8th, 2008
As requested, a petition has been set up. Sign it to show you disagree with mandatory Internet filtering in Australia:
http://petitions.takingitglobal.org/oznetcensorship
It will take just 30 seconds. Max.
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Tuesday, January 8th, 2008
NetAlarmed was today included in The Australian's article on mandatory filtering - the first real update on the situation since Conroy confirmed the plan. And in case your wondering, no, he's not backing down.
Some important bits from the article:
Senator Conroy has been prodded into action by Family First senator ...
Posted in Internet Censorship, NetAlarmed.com | 1 Comment »
Monday, January 7th, 2008
New Zealand company, Watchdog, says that filtering out child pornography at ISP level in Australia is possible, but admits that the Australian Government's attempts to rate websites for violent content and other objectionable material will be extremely difficult. Watchdog currently provides a filtered ISP service to NZ and Australian customers, ...
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Monday, January 7th, 2008
A lot of people are asking what will be banned under the new mandatory filtering scheme for those who do not opt-out. Exactly what criteria will be used to decide if a site is blacklisted?
I contacted Mr Conroy in November last year with that question. Here is part of ...
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Sunday, January 6th, 2008
If you're looking to stay up to date on the latest censorship issues in Australia, there are two must-join email lists.
The first is the EFA Stop Censorship list. This list has been active for many years and is frequented by numerous Australian censorship experts, including Irene Graham. It has ...
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Sunday, January 6th, 2008
The Howard Government commissioned a number of investigations into the effectiveness of Internet content filtering, including filtering at an ISP level and at an even higher Government/Internet backbone level. One of these investigations was conducted by Melbourne telecoms and software consulting firm, Ovum, in 2003 on behalf of the Department ...
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Sunday, January 6th, 2008
When I created NetAlarmed back in September '07, I really didn't expect it to get such a massive response. Originally the site mocked the filtering plans of the Howard Government and ALP (the current plan about to be implemented), and all I hoped it would do is ...
Posted in NetAlarmed.com | 17 Comments »
