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7:30 Report tackles filtering again this week

I’m told by some of my readers that the 7:30 Report is taking a look at the filtering debacle once again this week. (First thought to be Monday 24 November 2008 on ABC1, but new info suggests it might be the Thursday night show). Let’s hope it’s a better report than the one Kerry O’Brien...

Filter supporters talk, Australia listens

Guest post by Danu Poyner There was a lively debate about mandatory internet filtering on ABC Radio National’s ‘Australia Talks’ program Tuesday night. While those who have been following the issue closely will recognise much of the conversation, the debate was interesting because it covered new ground in certain areas. Specifically, we got to hear...

Secret and unaccountable: Irene Graham talks censorship on GetUp!

GetUp! has published an article on mandatory filtering from Aussie censorship expert Irene Graham. Irene writes: While the Minister frequently refers to “illegal”/”prohibited” material on ACMA’s blacklist, this terminology is highly misleading. In fact, “prohibited content” includes material that is lawful to publish/distribute/obtain offline in Australia, (some is also lawful to exhibit in cinemas), and...

Interview: Tech Wired chats to Mark Newton about the live trial

Ben Grubb over at Tech Wired AU has another excellent interview with Mark Newton about filtering, in particular the call for ISPs to particpate in a live trial. Mark says the Technical Testing Framework released yesterday is one of the most sloppily written documents he’s seen coming out of the government and thinks the EOI...

Live filtering trial to leave ISPs in the lurch (and what else the EOI tells us)

A certain Senator in Canberra is hoping for a miracle this Christmas. That’s the only conclusion I can come to when I read that the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy expects their live ISP filtering trial to begin before the end of the year. Preferably before 24 December 2008 to be precise....

Thursday wrap up: Henson aftermath, NZ on filtering, ALP form letters

With so much of my time devoted to filtering, I haven’t had much of a chance to post about all the other stuff going on. Here’s a wrap up: Art exhibitions: At a SCAG meeting today in Brisbane, NSW Attorney-General John Hatzistergos asked censorship ministers to ‘clarify and streamline the National Classification Scheme as it...

Morning wrap up: Mark Newton’s opinion piece

Check out Mark Newton’s article The Perplexing Internet Debate. In it Mark writes: In the past, politicians have been able to monopolise the debate by having disproportionate access to media. Not so for Mr Conroy, who has been so thoroughly discredited by the controversy that his press office has refused to comment to media outlets...

Video: ISP filtering and protecting children online

One of my regular readers, Sean The Blogonaut, has posted part one of his three part video series on ISP filtering and protecting children online. As Sean stresses, education and policing are the keys to protecting children, not filtering. Watch below or here.

The high price of Internet filtering

Welcome readers of ABC Online. You’ve probably come here after reading my article The High Price of Internet Filtering (check it out if you’re one of my regulars) and are now looking for more information on the Goverment’s ISP filtering plan. Here’s some of my posts on the topic to get you started: Latest 24/Oct:...

Greens Senator quizzes Conroy on filtering

If you’re up for a bit of late night reading (or maybe that’s now early morning), check out the October 20 Hansard for Environment, Communications and the Arts (Complete PDF / Partial HTML) — Greens Senator Scott Ludlam questions Conroy and his team about filtering. The juicy bits (or the ‘horrifyingly bad parts’ as Simon...

Mandatory filtering gets international coverage

Welcome readers of The Inquirer. You probably came here after clicking that strange picture of a large red rock on the side of The Inquirer’s website and are now wondering what on earth is going on? To put it simply, the Australian Government intends to censor Internet access down under. They are doing this despite...

Geeks fuming over filtering

Stilgherrian’s latest article in Crikey explains why Child Wise’s Bernadette McMenamin got hammered for her comments in The Australian: Geeks get angry when their knowledge isn’t respected. Too right. There’s a little more to it though as Stil explains: Two completely different problems are conflated. One, preventing distribution of already-illegal child pornography to anyone. Two,...