Archive for the ‘Internet Censorship’ Category
Friday, July 9th, 2010
by Tim Biggs
The Federal Government's mandatory internet filter will not likely be introduced for a year, until after a review of what content would be blocked.
Stephen Conroy today announced a new set of 'transparency and accountability' measures that will be introduced alongside the filter, and chief ...
Posted in Internet Censorship | 7 Comments »
Monday, May 10th, 2010
Just a quick reminder folks that both Four Corners and Q&A on ABC this evening (Monday, May 10) are about Labor's Internet censorship policy (which is still very much on their agenda, despite some reports claiming it's been ditched).
You can tune into Four Corners at 8:30PM and Q&A at 9:35PM, ...
Posted in Internet Censorship | 6 Comments »
Wednesday, May 5th, 2010
Update 6:40PM May 6: Ticket is still available. I can't make it down to Sydney next week as planned, so my ticket to IQ2 Oz's Governments should not censor the Internet debate to be held at Angel Place (Tuesday May 11 at 6:30PM) is up for grabs. The only catch ...
Posted in Events, Internet Censorship | 4 Comments »
Sunday, March 28th, 2010
Senator Conroy will debate ISP filtering with Colin Jacobs from Electronic Frontiers Australia, network engineer Mark Newton and Professor Catharine Lumby on Radio National this Monday the 29th of March at 6PM AEDT. Michael Grace from Internet filtering and web access company Netsweeper will also be on. The full ...
Posted in Internet Censorship | 8 Comments »
Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010
In his first major TV appearance regarding the filter since Q&A and Insight in early 2009, Senator Conroy will head back to the tube Wednesday evening in an attempt to sell government's mandatory net censorship plan to the masses on Channel 10's The 7PM Project. A rare occurrence for a ...
Posted in Internet Censorship | 24 Comments »
Tuesday, March 16th, 2010
Update 17 March 2010: Here's some interesting news. Ludlam has now won the seat, previously reported as being awarded to Senator Fielding. Senator Fielding - 35 votes, Senator Ludlam - 37 votes. Was this a revote?
Family First Senator Steve Fielding has won a seat reserved for minor party ...
Posted in Internet Censorship, Safety and Education | 15 Comments »
Thursday, January 28th, 2010
Important Update, 01/02/10: The Classification Board has confirmed that a person's appearance is used when they determine the apparent age of a model. The ACB's Director refused to comment on specifics about breast size. Read more.
The Australian Classification Board (ACB) has responded to accusations by The Australian Sex Party that ...
Posted in Censorship Policy, Film Censorship, Internet Censorship | 42 Comments »
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010
Important Update, 01/02/10: The Classification Board has confirmed that a person's appearance is used when determining the apparent age of a model. The ACB's Director refused to comment on specifics about breast size. Read more.
The Australian Sex Party (ASP) said Wednesday that the Australian Classification Board (ACB) is now banning ...
Posted in Film Censorship, Internet Censorship | 218 Comments »
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010
As many of you know, hundreds of websites turned black this Australia Day (and many will remain so for the rest of the week) to protest the Government's plan to censor the Internet. It might not have been as popular as beach BBQs or beer and the cricket, but initial ...
Posted in Fighting Censorship, Internet Censorship | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
by Jon Seymour
When you are a Government of a Western nation about to introduce a mandatory censorship regime unlike anything in the else in the Western world it is a good idea to try to play up comparisons with social democracies like Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland and our Commonwealth ...
Posted in Internet Censorship | 9 Comments »
