Minchin strengthens attack on Conroy as Labor ignores cracks in Great Firewall
Senator Nick Minchin is taking initiative in his fight against Labor’s mandatory ISP filtering policy and unlike his opposition in the Senate, his message is getting stronger. Minchin’s latest press release draws attention to China’s move to bulk-up it’s censorship system by resorting to PC installed filters and he asks whether Labor will continue to...
China hums ‘Protect the Kiddies’ tune on net censorship
Hey, I’m sure I’ve heard this closer to home: Internet censorship is necessary in order to protect children. OLYMPIC Games organisers claimed on Saturday that the controversial decision to block Internet sites was taken to protect Chinese youngsters. Asked why sites such as Free Tibet and those covering the Tiananmen Square Massacre were not accessible,...
Chinese net censorship campaign, Game ban petition
Amnesty International Australia is launching a social media campaign aimed at getting Australian bloggers to unite and support their Chinese counterparts who have been banned or imprisoned by the Chinese government for expressing their right to freedom of speech online. Sophie Peer from Amnesty says a lot of Australian’s are concerned that Chinese style Internet...
