Secret and unaccountable: Irene Graham talks censorship on GetUp!
GetUp! has published an article on mandatory filtering from Aussie censorship expert Irene Graham. Irene writes: While the Minister frequently refers to “illegal”/”prohibited” material on ACMA’s blacklist, this terminology is highly misleading. In fact, “prohibited content” includes material that is lawful to publish/distribute/obtain offline in Australia, (some is also lawful to exhibit in cinemas), and...
Filtering symposium to be held in Sydney Nov 27
The Cyberspace Law and Policy Centre at UNSW will be holding a symposium on the gov’s Internet Filtering scheme on Nov. 27 in Sydney. Alana Maurushat from the CLPC says speakers will include technical officers from ISPs, telecommunication lawyers, journalists, digital forensic experts, and hopefully a representative from the government. Date: Thursday 27 November 2008...
Interview: Tech Wired chats to Mark Newton about the live trial
Ben Grubb over at Tech Wired AU has another excellent interview with Mark Newton about filtering, in particular the call for ISPs to particpate in a live trial. Mark says the Technical Testing Framework released yesterday is one of the most sloppily written documents he’s seen coming out of the government and thinks the EOI...
Greens demand answers on net censorship plan
As we saw during today’s live Senate broadcast, Senator Conroy is still dodging questions about his plan to censor the web. Thankfully Scott Ludlam isn’t having any of it. In a press release issued this evening by the Greens, they warn there are too many unanswered questions about the government’s internet filtering scheme. “We still...
Conroy worst Comms Minister in 15 years: IINet chief Michael Malone
Managing director of iiNet, Michael Malone, says Stephen Conroy ‘is the worst Communications Minister we’ve had in the 15 years since the [internet] industry has existed.’ Check out Asher Moses’ article for more.
Live: Ludlam to question Conroy on filtering 2:30PM today
Update 5:40PM. Watch Conroy dodge questions below: Update 3:21PM. Transcript thanks to Hoyden About Town. Update 2:39PM: Conroy says he’ll block illegal and other ‘unwanted’ material. Ludlam asks what is unwanted as well as other good questions. They are to be answered. Senator Scott Ludlam will be raising the issue of mandatory ISP filtering with...
Live filtering trial to leave ISPs in the lurch (and what else the EOI tells us)
A certain Senator in Canberra is hoping for a miracle this Christmas. That’s the only conclusion I can come to when I read that the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy expects their live ISP filtering trial to begin before the end of the year. Preferably before 24 December 2008 to be precise....
Monday media wrap up: All aboard the filtering fact train, business pinch & hypocrisy
Here’s a couple Monday filtering coverage recaps for those who missed them. First up Mark Newton writes in his article for ABC Online that it’s not surprising that filtering advocates who misunderstand technology get the facts wrong when Conroy himself has ‘blazed a trail of such colossal blinding wrongness.’ “In my observation, it’s obvious that...
Details of live ISP trial released, EOI sought
Latest on filtering: DBCDE is officially calling Expressions of Interest from ISPs interested in taking part in a live filtering trial. Documents relating to the pilot are available from their website. I’ll aim to cover them later this evening, but if you have any input of your own please feel free to email me. DBCDE...
Watch Stateline’s piece on games classification
Hey folks, hope your weekend is coming along nicely. Here’s Stateline South Australia’s piece on introducing an R18+ classification for video games. They speak with Michael Atkinson, Elizabeth Handsley from Young Media Australia, and some gamers. Watch below thanks to No Censorship Australia: News out of this weeks SCAG meeting is that they will soon...
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