Censordyne: GetUp’s anti net censorship TV ad
Update 11:20PM: Ilic has made the video private and unfortunately can no longer be viewed. Way to put an end to any sort of viral campaign taking off. The ad will now launch Tuesday and it’s anticipated that GetUp! will request further donations. That’s unlikely to go over well with those who donated to their...
GetUp! raises 25K for Save the Net campaign in hours
GetUp! has raised a whopping $25,000 in donations in less than half a day for it’s anti Internet censorship campaign, Save the Net (you can donate securely at the GetUp! website). At time of writing, the exact figure is $25,618 and just like their petition, the number rises every minute. GetUp! will use the funds...
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...
GetUp! one step closer to entering filtering fight?
People have been asking for some time now whether GetUp! will be entering the ring in the fight against net censorship down under. Well today we may be that one step closer to knowing. GetUp! has published a story from Colin Jacobs of EFA and that’s a good sign they are interested. In his article...
Seven vetted Olympic ads
Bob was kind enough to update us on the GetUp/Channel 7 controversy and it looks like they weren’t the only organisation shafted by the TV network during their Olympics coverage. A Wilderness Society ad relating to the Western Australian election wouldn’t be run ‘until network bosses had seen it.’ SMH writes: “Channel Seven is so...
