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12:15PM Nick Broughall | Mark Newton, Internode engineer and superhero in the battle for a filter-free internet, has pointed out another fundamental flaw in the Australian classifications system: Rather than fixing an obviously broken setup, the ACMA would prefer to force Apple to remove the “Gift this movie” option from iTunes in Australia to deal with Internet classification. More »
ACMA Killed Off ‘Gift This Movie’ Option In iTunes
12:15PM Nick Broughall | Mark Newton, Internode engineer and superhero in the battle for a filter-free internet, has pointed out another fundamental flaw in the Australian classifications system: Rather than fixing an obviously broken setup, the ACMA would prefer to force Apple to remove the “Gift this movie” option from iTunes in Australia to deal with Internet classification. More » 
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10:30AM Nick Broughall | After yesterday’s story that Wikileaks had published the contents of the ACMA blacklist, both Senator Conroy and the ACMA have released (almost identical) announcements decrying the list’s publication, while denying that the contents are actually the same as their blacklist. More »
So The Leaked List Yesterday Apparently Wasn’t The ACMA Blacklist
10:30AM Nick Broughall | After yesterday’s story that Wikileaks had published the contents of the ACMA blacklist, both Senator Conroy and the ACMA have released (almost identical) announcements decrying the list’s publication, while denying that the contents are actually the same as their blacklist. More »
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1:35PM Nick Broughall | How much evidence does the government need before it recognizes the fact that their mandatory filter just won’t work. Asher Moses over at SMH has just reported that the ACMA’s website blacklist – which will form the basis of the Government’s internet filter – has been leaked to Wikileaks. More »
Shocker! ACMA’s Blacklist Leaked
1:35PM Nick Broughall | How much evidence does the government need before it recognizes the fact that their mandatory filter just won’t work. Asher Moses over at SMH has just reported that the ACMA’s website blacklist – which will form the basis of the Government’s internet filter – has been leaked to Wikileaks. More »
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1:28PM Nick Broughall | This whole online censorship debate keeps getting murkier and murkier. The latest example of its futility: Online forum Whirlpool (or more precisely, their web host Bulletproof) received the threat of an $11,000 a day fine for posting a link to a blacklisted anti-abortion website. Needless to say, Whirlpool took down the offending link. But the really scary part is that the ACMA blacklist now includes parts of Wikileaks, the whistle blowing website that is so set in their raison d’etre that they’ll publish their own sources. More »
Censorwatch: $11,000-A-Day Fine For Linking To A Blacklisted Site, Wikileaks Blacklisted
1:28PM Nick Broughall | This whole online censorship debate keeps getting murkier and murkier. The latest example of its futility: Online forum Whirlpool (or more precisely, their web host Bulletproof) received the threat of an $11,000 a day fine for posting a link to a blacklisted anti-abortion website. Needless to say, Whirlpool took down the offending link. But the really scary part is that the ACMA blacklist now includes parts of Wikileaks, the whistle blowing website that is so set in their raison d’etre that they’ll publish their own sources. More » 
