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1:55PM Nick Broughall | Reporters sans frontieres, the French agency who monitors freedom of the press around the globe, released a report on Wednesday called “Internet Enemies”. The report names Australia as a country to watch, thanks to the current Government’s plans to introduce a mandatory internet filter. And because the same report also mentions China and North Korea, the media is completely losing its shit. More »
The Media Is Losing Its Shit Over The Reporters Sans Frontieres Report
1:55PM Nick Broughall | Reporters sans frontieres, the French agency who monitors freedom of the press around the globe, released a report on Wednesday called “Internet Enemies”. The report names Australia as a country to watch, thanks to the current Government’s plans to introduce a mandatory internet filter. And because the same report also mentions China and North Korea, the media is completely losing its shit. More » 
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3:32PM Nick Broughall | Most tech-savvy Australians are pretty upset about the government’s proposal of mandatory internet filtering. But some anti-censorship groups are more upset than others. Michael Meloni, editor of Somebodythinkofthechildren.com has launched a new website called The Gift Of Censorship, and for every 1000 letters sent to Senator Conroy through the website, they’ll also deliver a bag of coal in a large red sack to the minister. More »
Anti-Censorship Group Wants To Send Conroy Coal For Xmas
3:32PM Nick Broughall | Most tech-savvy Australians are pretty upset about the government’s proposal of mandatory internet filtering. But some anti-censorship groups are more upset than others. Michael Meloni, editor of Somebodythinkofthechildren.com has launched a new website called The Gift Of Censorship, and for every 1000 letters sent to Senator Conroy through the website, they’ll also deliver a bag of coal in a large red sack to the minister. More »
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And once you’ve watched it, share it with your friends. Sign the GetUp petition. Write a letter to your local MP that eloquently states your disgust that the government is seemingly ignoring logic by pursuing an irrational and unworkable solution that will negatively effect every Australian. Because the only way we can make this go away now is to convince our local politicians that this is a huge mistake. More »
In Light Of The Government’s Decision To Kill The Internet, You Should Watch This Again
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9:30AM Nick Broughall | After yesterday’s announcement that Conroy’s internet filter trials were a rousing success weren’t a failure, Telstra, Optus and Primus have all publicly announced their support for the policy. More »
Telstra, Optus And Primus All Announce Support For Conroy’s Filter
9:30AM Nick Broughall | After yesterday’s announcement that Conroy’s internet filter trials were a rousing success weren’t a failure, Telstra, Optus and Primus have all publicly announced their support for the policy. More »
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3:56PM Nick Broughall | This afternoon, Senator Conroy released the reports on his internet filtering trial study. Despite the fact that the report sounds like the trial was a rousing success, the truth is that despite the spin, the report doesn’t give enough evidence that a mandatory filter of the internet is a viable solution. Is anyone here surprised? More »
Conroy Releases Internet Filter Trial Report, Dooms Us All
3:56PM Nick Broughall | This afternoon, Senator Conroy released the reports on his internet filtering trial study. Despite the fact that the report sounds like the trial was a rousing success, the truth is that despite the spin, the report doesn’t give enough evidence that a mandatory filter of the internet is a viable solution. Is anyone here surprised? More »
Cameras
10:00AM Dan Nosowitz | Bokeh, which is the out-of-focus light distortion in the background of a photo, is more and more seen as an aesthetic element of photography. This lens brings it more attention by shaping those blurs into stars, hearts and more. More »
Bokeh Filter Turns Blurry Lights Into Distinct Shapes
10:00AM Dan Nosowitz | Bokeh, which is the out-of-focus light distortion in the background of a photo, is more and more seen as an aesthetic element of photography. This lens brings it more attention by shaping those blurs into stars, hearts and more. More »
Science
When Things Go Wrong In Space
11:20PM Jesus Diaz | Astronaut Chris Cassidy is a space rookie. Yesterday he went on his first extra-vehicular activity in his first space mission, working to replace four aging batteries at the International Space Station. Until something in his suit went very wrong. More »
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9:30AM Nick Broughall | Here’s another reason to want to kick Senator Conroy in his manjunk – According to a report by Asher Moses in the SMH, he’s apparently decided to turn his already stupid compulsory web filter against gamers by blocking websites hosting or selling games that are rated above the maximum MA15+ for games in Australia. More »
Now The Government Wants To Censor Mature Games…
9:30AM Nick Broughall | Here’s another reason to want to kick Senator Conroy in his manjunk – According to a report by Asher Moses in the SMH, he’s apparently decided to turn his already stupid compulsory web filter against gamers by blocking websites hosting or selling games that are rated above the maximum MA15+ for games in Australia. More »
Networks
11:30AM Nick Broughall | We laughed when the original six ISPs were announced to trial the Government’s ISP-level internet filtering scheme – aside from iPrimus, we’d never heard of any of them. Well, yesterday the Government added a seventh ISP to the trial, and this time it’s a biggie. Optus will be taking part in the trial from May 22. More »
Optus Now Taking Part In The Government’s Internet Filter Trial
11:30AM Nick Broughall | We laughed when the original six ISPs were announced to trial the Government’s ISP-level internet filtering scheme – aside from iPrimus, we’d never heard of any of them. Well, yesterday the Government added a seventh ISP to the trial, and this time it’s a biggie. Optus will be taking part in the trial from May 22. More »
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8:00AM Nick Broughall | Last night, Senator Stephen Conroy appeared on the ABC TV program Q&A, and spent almost half the program defending his internet filter plans. More than 2000 people sent questions on the issue, and yet the Senator somehow managed to avoid most of them by repeating the same old boring arguments. And because we have the ability to analyse the arguments, we’re going to refute each one of them, one by one. More »
Conroy Proves His Ability To Duck And Weave On Q&A
8:00AM Nick Broughall | Last night, Senator Stephen Conroy appeared on the ABC TV program Q&A, and spent almost half the program defending his internet filter plans. More than 2000 people sent questions on the issue, and yet the Senator somehow managed to avoid most of them by repeating the same old boring arguments. And because we have the ability to analyse the arguments, we’re going to refute each one of them, one by one. More » 
