National net censorship protests: January 30 2010
December 20, 2009 – 11:26 amProtests against mandatory Internet censorship will be held Australia wide on Saturday January 30, 2010.
A Facebook page for the event has been set up, with over 1700 people already confirmed as attending. Specific protest locations are still to be announced, but one is planned for each capital city. I’ll update this page when I find out more.
Also happening around the country:
Sydney: A public meeting discussing what the Government has planned will be held from 6:00pm – 10:00pm Sunday evening at the Lansdowne Hotel. Full details here.
Brisbane: Meeting Monday 21st December at 7:30pm to discuss what can be done to stop the filter. QUT Gardens Point campus, Room Z-205. I’ll be at this one. Full details here.
5 Responses to “National net censorship protests: January 30 2010”
How about combining forces with the Internet Blackout offline actions on Australia Day, which are intended to be positive celebrations with a protest message rather than conventional and cranky street protests?
By Jeff Waugh on Dec 21, 2009
I agree. The Australia Day parties are a much better idea. Protests don’t work at all, and a hastily arranged, poorly attended protest will be worse than no protest at all.
While things are so fragmented, I think we should rally around the EFA for the time being. They are rational, well resourced, have media savvy and have ideas (like http://internetblackout.com.au/) which will need our help.
By Dave The Happy Singer on Dec 21, 2009
While the Internet Blackout Online is a good idea as far as it goes, keep in mind it’s an organizational effort by people who want to maintain insider contacts with government. For those who don’t have insider contacts with government, pressure upon government works very well. Yes, it makes government officials uncomfortable, but street protest enables change, even that carried out by insiders.
BOTH sorts of actions have their place.
By Jim on Dec 22, 2009
There’s now near 7000 attending! Great stuff!
By Brenton Eccles on Dec 23, 2009
Yeah, but 7000 attending on Facebook is about 350 attending physically, at least in my experience.
By Pharaoh on Dec 28, 2009