EFA launches Digital Rights 2016 campaign

EFA today announces the launch of the Digital Rights 2016 campaign. This generic and non-partisan campaign is intended to raise awareness of the importance of digital rights throughout the Australian community in the lead-up to the 2016 Federal election and beyond. The primary issues that will be addressed as part of the campaign are: Privacy […]

EFA welcomes proposed amendments to section 35P

EFA welcomes Tuesday’s announcement by the Attorney-General that the government has accepted and intends to implement all of the changes to section 35P of the ASIO Act that have been recommended by the Independent National Security Legislation Monitor. Section 35P of the ASIO Act was added in 2014 as part of the government’s first ‘tranche’ […]

Blocking piracy websites is bad for Australia’s digital future

This article, by Dan Hunter, from Swinburne University of Technology, was originally published at The Conversation. See the original article Rumours are flying that the government will introduce legislation before Christmas aimed at blocking certain websites, such as The Pirate Bay and Kickass Torrents, as part of a range of efforts to reduce copyright infringement […]

Beyond the hype: The European Court’s ‘right to be forgotten’ ruling

This article, by Carly Nyst and Anna Fielder was originally published on 10th November 2014 on Privacy International’s blog. Since the European Court of Justice in May ruled in the “right to be forgotten” case, there has been a dizzying amount of debate about the decision, and its implications for privacy and free expression. A main thread […]