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Why Electronic Frontiers Australia needs your support
EFA Chair Nic Suzor explains EFA’s ongoing struggle to defend civil liberties online, in the first of a series of blog posts on the importance of online civil liberties as part of EFA’s 2010 Fundraising Campaign … I am very excited to announce the start of EFA’s fundraising campaign for 2010. We are asking for your assistance in our ongoing struggle to defend civil liberties online and work for sensible…
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Series of posts on the importance of online civil liberties
For the next two weeks Electronic Frontiers Australia is running a fundraising drive so that we can continue to expand and campaign for your online civil liberties. Although EFA has been leading the Open Internet campaign against the Government’s proposal to censor the Internet, that is just one aspect of our activities and interests. In addition to Internet censorship, EFA campaigns on a wide range of issues relating to Internet regulation, including copyright,…
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EFA’s 2010 Fundraising Campaign
Over the past few months, EFA has been working hard campaigning for an Open Internet against Government censorship of the Internet. While we are proud of what we have achieved in that campaign, the Government’s decision to delay the introduction of the legislation means that it will be prolonged and ongoing campaign. Moreover, that is only one example of EFA’s activities and interests. In addition to Internet censorship, EFA campaigns on a wide…
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EFA Media Release: EFA responds to Senator Conroy’s challenge and attack
Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA) has responded to the extraordinary challenge and attacks directed at it by the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy Senator Stephen Conroy in Question Time yesterday and today. In a response to a question asked by Senator Sue Boyce about Australia recently being added to a watch list of countries with worrying Internet censorship trends by Reporters Without Borders, Senator Conroy accused EFA of…
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EFA responds to Senator Conroy (updated)
Update : The Minister followed up his attacks today, see below. During yesterday’s Question Time, Communications Minister Stephen Conroy again faced questions about the Rudd Government’s highly unpopular push to introduce mandatory, nationwide internet censorship. In his answer, the Minister accused this organisation of misleading the public and international organisations. We relish the opportunity to respond and set the record straight. The minister was asked by Senator Boyce about the reaction…
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EFA welcomes Liberal call for greater liberties
Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA) today welcomes the comments made by the Shadow Treasurer, the Hon. Joe Hockey MP, on the Government’s proposal to effectively censor the Internet. In a speech delivered at the Grattan Institute last night, Mr Hockey said that the Government’s mandatory Internet filtering policy “is likely to be unworkable in practice.” “Mr Hockey correctly identified several of the fundamental problems in the Government’s mandatory Internet filtering policy,” said…
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What We Do
Policy
We actively monitor a number of policy areas and specific issues. The topics below provide a detailed view of EFA’s policy positions.
Copyright
Australia’s copyright laws are outdated, inflexible and not fit for the digital age. As such, EFA is a long-standing supporter of reform of Australia’s Copyright Act.
Privacy & Security
Privacy is fundamentally about consent and control over access to information, and goes hand-in-hand with security. Privacy is a human right.
Censorship
Adults should be able to make their own informed decisions about what content they create and consume.
Encryption
Access to encryption technologies is vital for individuals and groups to be able to safeguard the security and privacy of their information.
Internet Safety
Surveillance is not safety. Safety for whom, against what? This complex problem is more likely to be exacerbated, rather than solved, by measures that allow for unaccountable surveillance and the undermining of communications security.
Surveillance
EFA is committed to ensuring that Australian’s home life is not subject to arbitrary interference.