Archive for July, 2009
Monday, July 27th, 2009
Stilgherrian writes now that speed issues with filtering are out of the way (see ARN's article about ISPs involved in the trial giving 'filters the technical greenlight'), 'come September the debate will be about whether internet filtering “works” or not'. He's right and therein lies the problem: Senator Conroy hasn't ...
Posted in Internet Censorship | 14 Comments »
Saturday, July 25th, 2009
In her piece about the rise of 'news comedy' on television, Melbourne comedian Courteney Hocking includes some fitting comments about wowserism in Australia from Ian Simmons, the head writer for Good News Week.
When The Chaser team was roundly castigated for their "Make A Realistic Wish Foundation" sketch it revealed another ...
Posted in Panic, Parental outrage | 6 Comments »
Wednesday, July 15th, 2009
A government report on media use by young people, that ACMA Chairman Chris Chapman says is sure to inform further debate about digital media literacy, has found 76% - 92% of parents surveyed find it easy to manage their child's use of the Internet. The report also found that most ...
Posted in Game Censorship, Internet Censorship, Reports | 14 Comments »
Wednesday, July 15th, 2009
Senator Conroy says awarding him the title of Internet Villain of the Year is misguided and that the people have been mislead into what the Government is doing in terms of filtering the Internet. However, in doing so the Minister for Communications has shown he is either deliberately misleading the ...
Posted in Internet Censorship | 19 Comments »
Thursday, July 9th, 2009
GetUp! has officially launched Censordyne, an ad and website campaign combo to help stop the Government from introducing Internet censorship in Australia. The group hopes to show the ad on Qantas flights in August when politicians are on flights to Canberra as Parliament resumes.
Watch here:
Children's welfare groups Save ...
Posted in Fighting Censorship, Internet Censorship | 16 Comments »
Saturday, July 4th, 2009
Update 11:20PM: Ilic has made the video private and unfortunately can no longer be viewed. Way to put an end to any sort of viral campaign taking off. The ad will now launch Tuesday and it's anticipated that GetUp! will request further donations. That's unlikely to go over well with ...
Posted in Internet Censorship | 12 Comments »
