Archive for October, 2008

An open letter to Australian Women Online about their support of ISP filtering

Friday, October 31st, 2008

Those that support mandatory ISP filtering (there's one or two) often do so because they simply don't understand how filtering works and believe it's a solution to protecting our children from the risks they face when using the Internet. There's also those that do so because they would benefit financially from ...

Three ISP heads say filtering won’t work

Thursday, October 30th, 2008

Telstra Media's Justin Milne, Internode's Simon Hackett and iiNet's Michael Malone all have their say on ISP filtering in this video. They detail technical, legal and ethical reasons why ISP-level filtering won't work. Three majors sinking their teeth in. Ouch. I do have one small criticism though and it's to do with ...

EFA launches R18+ game classification campaign

Thursday, October 30th, 2008

EFA has just launched their new R18+ for games campaign website, R18games.com. An R18+ classification would require the unanimous support of all Attorneys-General, and in the past moves to change the current classification have been blocked on the vote of a single state Attorney-General. EFA is now sponsoring a campaign to ...

Morning wrap up: Mark Newton’s opinion piece

Thursday, October 30th, 2008

Check out Mark Newton's article The Perplexing Internet Debate. In it Mark writes: In the past, politicians have been able to monopolise the debate by having disproportionate access to media. Not so for Mr Conroy, who has been so thoroughly discredited by the controversy that his press office has refused to ...

Conroy chucks tantrum as opposition to filtering increases

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

The Age writes that the ALP's mandatory filtering scheme now faces a concerted backlash by the internet industry and opposition senators. Conroy has hit back though! He says he will accept some debate (yep some) around what should and should not be on the internet and that he's not ...

Tech Wired interview EFA’s Colin Jacobs

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

Ben Grubb has interviewed EFA's Colin Jacobs. Colin heads up the NoCleanFeed campaign for EFA and you've no doubt heard him on the radio today if you've been listening. Listen here.

Video: ISP filtering and protecting children online

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

One of my regular readers, Sean The Blogonaut, has posted part one of his three part video series on ISP filtering and protecting children online. As Sean stresses, education and policing are the keys to protecting children, not filtering. Watch below or here.

Conroy’s office responds to filtering ‘fears’

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

Breaking: More BS from Conroy's office. Read here. Sunrise: How does the senator respond to accusations by Sunrise viewers that this is a threat to free speech/democracy? Conroy's Office: This is not an argument about free speech. As I have already said, we have laws about the sort of material that ...

Video: EFA interview on Channel Seven’s Morning Show

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

Here's Dale Clapperton's interview with the Morning Show on Channel 7 form this morning. Also: Sunrise video here (including phone poll). You've got to watch this. Kochie has no clue.

Comic: Have Your Bunny Repeatedly

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

A comic strip thanks to First Dog On The Moon, Crikey and EFA: http://www.haveyourbunnyrepeatedly.com/