Australians deserve an Open Internet
Electronic Frontiers Australia today launched a new campaign against the Rudd Government’s mandatory Internet filtering plan. The Open Internet campaign emphasises that Australians want an Open Internet that is free from an impractical and costly policy of Government imposed mandatory Internet filtering. “This policy has caused considerable anxiety amongst Australian Internet users,” said EFA Vice-Chair […]
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 […]
Update on the Great Australian Internet Blackout
All this week Australian websites having been going black as part of the Great Australian Internet Blackout. So far this online demonstration has successfully reached a wide range of audiences, educating them about the problems with the Government’s mandatory Internet filter policy: There are 480 verified participating websites (and that only counts the websites that […]
What can you do to help?
Ever since I became campaign manager for the EFA’s campaign against the Government’s mandatory Internet filter two and a half weeks ago, I have been overwhelmed by the level of enthusiasm and support for the EFA’s campaign. Accordingly, the most frequent question I have been asked is “what can I do to help?” Given this […]
Senate Internet Censorship Petition
Electronic Frontiers Australia has today launched a petition against the Government’s mandatory Internet filtering policy that will be presented to the Senate of the Parliament of Australia. You can sign the petition electronically by going to the this page and leaving your name, postcode and email address. Please talk to your friends, family and colleagues about […]