Vigilantism is bad for the cause
Internet vigilante group Anonymous have stepped up their campaign against the Rudd Government and its Internet censorship scheme today. “Operation Titstorm” began with denial of service attacks against various Government websites including that of the Prime Minister. EFA naturally condemns these attacks – not only are they illegal, but they damage the cause by playing […]
EFA’s draft R18+ for games discussion paper
The public consultation on the introduction of an R18+ for computer games closes at the end of the month. Jessi Citizen, on behalf of EFA and in conjunction with Ausgamers, has prepared a draft response to the consultation that sets out our understanding of the issues and our arguments. Draft submission paper (MS Word format) […]
Sanity prevails: iiNet did not authorise its users' infringements
[edit: for more analysis, see EFA Chair Nic Suzor’s blog post: iiNet did not ‘authorise’; providing internet access is not providing the ‘means’ of infringement’; safe harbours are effective.] And with one tweet, iiNet CEO Michael Malone announces the result that we’ve all been waiting for: IiNet did not authorize the infringements #iitrial More analysis […]
SA Electoral amendments and anonymity online
There has been a lot of discussion about the recent changes to the South Australian Electoral Act 1985, and in particular the amendment to s 116 which extends the requirement of attribution to the internet. The law seems poorly drafted and unworkable, but it may not pose as much of a threat as is suspected. […]
Senate Internet Censorship Petition Update
Thank you to everyone who has signed the Senate Internet Censorship Petition. So far we have just under 10,000 signatories to the e-petition, but that is just the beginning. Please let your friends, family and colleagues know about the Government’s mandatory Internet filtering policy and what they can do to help defeat it, including signing […]