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 speaker was a politician – […]
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 proposal. Members of the EFA […]
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 might be avoided if it […]
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 feedback from the public has […]
Time To Tell Mum Campaign a Massive Success
Just 24 hours after the Time To Tell Mum campaign has launched it can be declared a massive success. Everywhere you look there is evidence that this is one of the most impactful initiatives we’ve ever undertaken, with over 14,000 people telling their mums that Internet censorship is bad so far. We know from recent […]