Australian web sites to go black on Australia Day
Electronic Frontiers Australia today announced that over 500 web Australian sites will be “blacked out” on Australia day in protest against the Rudd government’s mandatory Internet filtering plan. Included among them are the Australian Greens, an Internet service provider, media outlets, and hundreds of other Australian businesses and organisations. “This policy has caused considerable anxiety […]
Media Release: Electronic Frontiers Australia Surprised at auDA Decision to Remove StephenConroy.com.au
Electronic Frontiers Australia today expressed its surprise and concern that the operators of the satirical protest site StephenConroy.com.au were given only three hours to justify their “connection to” the domain name. Under Australian domain name regulations, it is quite common for website operators to be required to identify their reasons for operating under an Australian […]
Net censorship trial report brings more questions than answers
Electronic Frontiers Australia today welcomed the release of the Government’s Internet filtering report but predicted that the debate is far from over. “There are few surprises in this document,” said EFA spokesperson Colin Jacobs. “Given the pilot’s modest goals, it was designed from the beginning to pass. Although it may address some technical issues, what […]
Leaked Government blacklist confirms worst fears
Edit 19/3 4.00pm: The Minister has refuted the authenticity of the list in a media release. Indications are that the leaked list contains the ACMA list plus sites chosen by the filter vendor. In any case, comments about individual sites on the list should therefore be treated with caution. Electronic Frontiers Australia today hailed the […]
EFA welcomes widespread opposition to Net censorship
Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA) today welcomed widespread opposition to Internet censorship proposals by the government. “The forthcoming protests by the Digital Liberty Coalition and the petition by GetUp! show the depth of community disagreement with the government on this issue”, said EFA spokesperson Danny Yee. The proposed censorship system would target web material that would be legal in other […]