ADVOCACY, POLICY & NEWS
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The future of internet censorship
You probably know that internet censorship is a hot topic. It’s on the rise around the world and has been a big issue here in Australia, where a new push for censorship remains government policy. The internet is such a great enabler of free speech. Why do governments want to…
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Your thoughts? "Fast Broadband will be best served by the Market"
In today’s edition of The Australian is an article written by James Massola called Fast broadband best served by market: UN report. Massola quotes from the report by the UN’s Broadband Commission for Digital Development. The report recommends: “a market-led approach facilitated by an enabling policy environment” as the best…
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UPDATE: Anti-Filter Facebook page blocked due to Unclear Name
You may recall our story earlier this week about Gour Lentell’s Anti-filter page Bet we can find 1 million Australians who say NO to the internet filter being blocked from making an update. The only indication as to why this occurred was due to a breech of Facebook Page Terms…
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Anti-filter Facebook Page blocked
A Facebook page against the controversial Mandatory ISP Censorship proposal has been blocked by Facebook. The Page admin, Gour Lentell discovered on Sunday 5 September that his publishing rights to Bet we can find 1 million Australians who say NO to the Internet filter had blocked due to an unverified…
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Senator Quixote deserves to be told off
The Labor government’s plan to censor the Australian internet has entered the realm of farce. Despite scraping back into government by the barest of possible margins, Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has returned without delay to trumpeting his doomed scheme to anybody that will listen. As we have said (for years,…
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AFP pushing for invasive data retention
ZDNet are reporting today that the Australian Federal Police are pushing the government to pursue aggressive mandatory data retention policies, forcing ISPs to collect information about your internet use and preserve it in case you are one day suspected of wrongdoing. The article quotes AFP assistant commissioner Neil Gaughan as…