Conroy wrong again: Says ACMA blacklist hasn’t been updated, RC illegal
What might be the most bizarre thing to escape Senator Conroy’s mouth during his appearance on Q&A (more so than his technical explanation of how a website hacking took place) was his assurance that under his ministry the ACMA blacklist had not been added to. Possibly realising his mistake, or poor choice of words, he...
PG rated Henson website included on blacklist a ‘technical error’ – Conroy
A website containing artistic photographs taken by Bill Henson and classified PG (Parental Guidance Recommended) by the Australian Classification Board (ACB) was included on the ACMA blacklist by mistake says Senator Stephen Conroy. During his appearance on Q&A Senator Conroy described the mistake as a “technical error” and hinted that if mandatory filtering is introduced,...
Australian Classification Board website hacked
The website of the Australian Classification Board was hacked this evening. The identity of the individual or group responsible is unknown. At 8:19PM AEST the front page reads: Welcome to the Classification Website This site contains information about the boards that have the right to CONTROL YOUR FREEDOMZ. The Classification Board has the right to...
Podcast of NewMatilda’s Internet regulation forum online
The always-awesome Peter Black has uploaded an audio recording of the NewMatilda Tangled Web forum held in Brisbane this week. Peter chaired the event at which Senator Ludlam, Nic Suzor and Irene Graham spoke about net censorship in Australia. If you missed my live coverage of the event, you can read it here.
University of Sydney filtering seminar – April 3rd
Hey guys. This popped up on the radar today: Associate Professor Bjorn Landfeldt will speak at a free University of Sydney seminar on the Government’s Internet filtering scheme next Friday, 3rd of April. The lowdown: The Australian government is currently planning to introduce mandatory Internet content filtering. The move would clearly set Australia aside from...
Q&A flooded with angry emails for Conroy
Tony Jones, host of the ABC’s Q&A, told ABC radio listeners in Melbourne this morning that by Monday his show had received 1000 angry emails for Senator Stephen Conroy, one of his guests this evening. The topic of those emails? Mandatory ISP filtering of course. With such a huge response I’m almost certain Conroy will...
WikiLeaks.de owner raided over ‘censorship lists’
According to a post on the WikiLeaks twitter page, police have raided the home of the WikiLeaks.de domain owner over ‘censorship lists’. Details are limited and as such I do not know the origin of the lists which are alleged to be the reason for the raid. Update: WikiLeaks has uploaded a scan of the...
Live Blog: Tangled Web Internet Filtering Forum – Brisbane, March 24
I’ll be live blogging the NewMatilda.com The Tangled Web forum on Internet filtering this evening. Come back to this page from 6PM AEST/Brissy Time (or 7PM AEDT) to read my coverage. Speaking at the forum is Senator Scott Ludlam, Irene Graham and Nic Suzor. Update: You can now replay my coverage of the event using...
New ACMA blacklist leaked: 1170 URLs dated March 18
WikiLeaks has released a copy of what is alleged to be the current ACMA blacklist. This list is dated March 18 and includes 1170 URLs, including the now high-profile AbortionTV page and the Wikileaks page containing the Danish blacklist. URLs belonging to Betfair, The Peaceful Pill Handbook, Redtube, AbbyWinters, IShotMyself, TheHun and xTube are present...
Queensland Election: LNP won’t support R18+ game classification
I contacted Queensland’s three major political players this month to find out their position on introducing an R18+ classification for computer games. The results are not surprising. Lawrence Springborg is firm: LNP ‘have have no intention of changing the current laws’. The Borg says ‘Games and films are a matter for the Film and Classification...
Conroy says it’s not the ACMA blacklist
Senator Stephen Conroy has denied the blacklist published on Wikileaks is the ACMA blacklist, but admits URLs on it are also on his list. Which, he obviously doesn’t say. ZDNet reports Conroy as saying: “I am aware of reports that a list of URLs has been placed on a website. This is not the ACMA blacklist,”...
Amateur adult site xTube.com makes Aussie ban list
A website which allows adults to upload amateur video footage and pictures of themselves naked, having sex or participating in other legal adult activities is just one of the many websites included on a list alleged to be the ACMA blacklist. The same list the Australian media regulator has described as containing the ‘worst of...
