ADVOCACY, POLICY & NEWS
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Friday’s filter announcement – full steam ahead
Friday’s announcement by Minister Stephen Conroy that the filter would be put on the back burner pending a review seems like good news. In the sense that Australians’ net connections will remain uncensored by the Government in 2011, this is indeed something to be pleased about. The filter remains very…
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EFA disappointed at Conroy's announcement
Electronic Frontiers Australia today welcomed the delay in the Gillard Government’s internet censorship policy but expressed disappointment that it is still on track to be implemented in the Government’s next term. In an announcement today, Communications Minister Stephen Conroy indicated that the filter will be delayed until a 12-month review…
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Gillard continues the pattern
“You can’t walk into a cinema in Australia and see certain things and we shouldn’t on the internet be able to access those things either.” Does this sound reasonable to you, or does it sound a bit nonsensical? In either case, it probably won’t surprise you to know that the…
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EFA's Response to Personal Attacks in Hansard
In mid March this year, Senator Stephen Conroy launched a bizarre attack in the senate on Electronic Frontiers Australia. In an accusatory tirade, he declared myself, then-vice chair (now chair) Colin Jacobs and then-chair Nic Suzor of misleading the Australian public through our efforts against the government’s mandatory Internet censorship…
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Filtering forum in Melbourne this month
Public interest in the Conroy Curtain is still high. With election season almost in full swing, Australia’s political parties will be making their positions known. In advance, we’re getting together to discuss the facts, make some better suggestions for the pollies, and give a few hints on how the filter…
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More power to the mums
EFA’s Time to Tell Mum campaign continues to go well with over 42,000 people reporting that they told their mums about the Government’s dodgy internet filter policy. There’s still a lot of people to reach, but we’re very pleased with the impact the campaign has had so far. Overall, the…