Comments on: The high price of Internet filtering http://www.somebodythinkofthechildren.com/the-high-price-of-internet-filtering/ Australian Censorship Discussion Blog Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:30:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Privacy … Ya reckon? | Vicarious Conversations http://www.somebodythinkofthechildren.com/the-high-price-of-internet-filtering/comment-page-1/#comment-1798 Privacy … Ya reckon? | Vicarious Conversations Tue, 28 Oct 2008 01:57:32 +0000 http://www.somebodythinkofthechildren.com/?p=1105#comment-1798 [...] sounds all well and good.  But, I have some doubts.  Serious doubts.  You see, I never take a website on face value (and neither should you).  So I poked around and [...] [...] sounds all well and good.  But, I have some doubts.  Serious doubts.  You see, I never take a website on face value (and neither should you).  So I poked around and [...]

]]> By: Mike http://www.somebodythinkofthechildren.com/the-high-price-of-internet-filtering/comment-page-1/#comment-1693 Mike Thu, 23 Oct 2008 23:35:48 +0000 http://www.somebodythinkofthechildren.com/?p=1105#comment-1693 Morning Tim. Something very similar may be in the works. Morning Tim. Something very similar may be in the works.

]]> By: Tim Bennett http://www.somebodythinkofthechildren.com/the-high-price-of-internet-filtering/comment-page-1/#comment-1692 Tim Bennett Thu, 23 Oct 2008 23:34:14 +0000 http://www.somebodythinkofthechildren.com/?p=1105#comment-1692 I know that online action is typically worthless in political matters - I previously worked at GetUp, where they use online organisation primarily to make offline events 'get up' - but has anybody considered a stunt like turning a bunch of major websites black on a national day of action? "Black is how your favourite website might look if the government gets its internet filter." There's precedent: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_World_Wide_Web_protest I know that online action is typically worthless in political matters – I previously worked at GetUp, where they use online organisation primarily to make offline events ‘get up’ – but has anybody considered a stunt like turning a bunch of major websites black on a national day of action?

“Black is how your favourite website might look if the government gets its internet filter.”

There’s precedent: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_World_Wide_Web_protest

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