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...
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...
Poker, betting websites hit by Australian blacklist
Websites which allow users to play poker online and provide playing tips are included on a list alleged to be the ACMA blacklist. The blacklist includes the URLs of at least five poker playing websites currently in operation. Also included is the international betting service Betfair.com. Betfair CEO Andrew Twaits is outraged. He had this...
Legal adult websites blacklisted: AbbyWinters and The Hun banned
Update June 16, 2009: Looking for news about the Abby Winters – G Media police raid? Click here. One of Australia’s largest owned and operated adult websites, AbbyWinters.com, is included on a list alleged to be the ACMA blacklist of prohibited websites. Also banned is the TheHun.com, one of the web’s longest running and most...
ACMA Blacklist leaked, contains legal websites
What is claimed to be a copy of the Australian Communications and Media Authority’s (ACMA) secret blacklist of prohibited websites has been leaked on the whistle-blower website WikiLeaks. I can confirm the list includes a range of legal websites, including that of a political group supporting euthanasia and a popular Australian owned adult website to...
URL of banned WikiLeaks page published on DBCDE blog
A web page on Wikileaks that was recently blacklisted by ACMA because it contains a copy of Denmark’s Internet blacklist is also published on the defunct DBCDE blog. (Update 4:45PM: DBCDE has restricted access to the page with a log in form. Link to cached version added). That’s fine with me as it’s a good...
ACMA blacklists WikiLeaks page
It has been revealed that ACMA has blacklisted a page on the whistle-blower website WikiLeaks.org that contains a leaked copy of the Danish blacklist of banned websites. Like the anti-abortion page recently blacklisted by ACMA, this page was also submitted to the media authority for investigation by a Whirlpool user. The complainant, ‘Tardis42’, believes there...
