Greens Senator quizzes Conroy on filtering
If you’re up for a bit of late night reading (or maybe that’s now early morning), check out the October 20 Hansard for Environment, Communications and the Arts (Complete PDF / Partial HTML) — Greens Senator Scott Ludlam questions Conroy and his team about filtering. The juicy bits (or the ‘horrifyingly bad parts’ as Simon...
Turnbull to speak on clean feed
Here’s some news we’ve been waiting on. Malcolm Turnbull has written on Twitter that he will soon respond to queries about mandatory ISP filtering. See Turbull’s Twitter feed here. Hopefully Turnbull will shed light on where the Lib’s stand on filtering within the next 24 hours. I’ll keep you updated. Turnbull joined Twitter last week....
Interview: Internode’s Mark Newton talks filtering
Ben Grubb (who copped a bit of flack for his interview with Tim Marshall) has interviewed Internode network engineer Mark Newton. Mark is the guy who confirmed our suspicions that there wouldn’t be any way to completely opt-out of ISP filtering. In this rather in depth interview, Mark notes that ISPs not taking part in...
Barnaby Joyce concerned pornography is encouraging paedophilia
I’m not going to waste much breath on Barnaby Joyce, but he’s concerned pornography available in petrol stations and corner stores is encouraging paedophilia. I know. I know. Another ripper from the Barnaby School of No Evidence. Senator Julian McGauran also said shops are selling illegal, explicit magazines by disguising them in opaque packaging. McGauran...
Video: Angry Aussie’s guide to mandatory ISP filtering
If you’re not sure what the deal is with the Government’s Net censorship plan or you don’t know what you can do to stop it, Angry Aussie has a great 10 minute video lesson on YouTube. Watch below or share it with your friends who think Internet censorship only happens in places like China.
Conroy’s Office: Groups opposing filtering hold extreme views
Tech Wired Australia has conducted an interview with Senator Conroy’s media contact, Tim Marshall. I suggest you listen (unless you suffer from high blood pressure). Update: Transcript here. Marshall accuses lobby groups who oppose mandatory ISP filtering of having extreme views and not having too much interest in the facts. Pot, kettle, black I know....
Mandatory filtering gets international coverage
Welcome readers of The Inquirer. You probably came here after clicking that strange picture of a large red rock on the side of The Inquirer’s website and are now wondering what on earth is going on? To put it simply, the Australian Government intends to censor Internet access down under. They are doing this despite...
NSW schools block NoCleanFeed.com?
Please read the updates at the bottom of this post. Students and teachers at schools in NSW trying to access EFA’s anti ISP filtering website NoCleanFeed.com might not see what they expected today. A screenshot which shows NoCleanFeed.com in a possible blocked state has been uploaded by a Whirlpool user attempting to access the site...
Public discussion on censorship at UNSW – 16 October
Margaret Pomeranz will join copyright lawyer Raena Lea-Shannon to discuss censorship and film classification at UNSW tomorrow, 16 October. They’ll be focusing on the movie Mysterious Skin (R18+) which was described as a “how-to manual of sexual abuse” by some family groups as well as SA A-G Michael Atkinson. The OFLC didn’t agree. They found...
Filters mandatory for all Australians: DBCDE
Computer World is the first media outlet to question the Government’s ISP filtering opt-out policy. Two weeks ago Internode network engineer Mark Newton confirmed there would be two black lists and adults would only be able to opt-out from the list containing inappropriate content for children. They would not be able to opt-out of the...
Youth, tech and porn: ABC2 13th October
Tonight’s Hack Half Hour on ABC2 looks at how technology (aka the Internet) has changed the way we use and access pornography. Tonight we hear from connoisseurs of porn, and people who hate it. We’ll meet people who film their own, and others who’ve had to seek counselling because of it. We follow this debate...
Ban sexy ads: Catholics
Catholic parishioners are circulating a petition to ban ‘sexualised’ billboards and outdoor advertisements which demean women and expose children to inappropriate content. It comes after one of the petition’s organisers saw an on-car-advertisement for a carwash featuring a woman in a suggestive pose. Hose between legs perhaps? SMH writes: Matthew Restall and Bridget Spinks have...
