There was a big announcement on Saturday morning that has the potential to impact us all. And no, I’m not talking about free bumpers for the iPhone 4. I’m talking about the fact that the Prime Minister called for an election on August 21, which means our Fight the Filter campaign is officially entering election mode! More »
You know what would be a nice change? A televised discussion about the Internet filter that didn’t just involve the words “child porn”, “bestiality” and “pro-rape websites” thrown around again and again. That could happen next week, with Greens Senator Scott Ludlam appearing on ABC show Q&A with the hope of discussing the filter and online privacy on the show. Let’s help him out. More »
Stephen Conroy told journalists yesterday that he expects the government’s plan for internet censorship filtering to hit parliament by the end of this year. Great. More »
Never one to miss a business opportunity, Ruslan Kogan and his team have developed the “Portector”, a high-tech device used to protect Australians from all the spams and scams that are making their way through the Portal. More »
This would be hilarious if it weren’t for the fact that this man is in charge of the digital economy in Australia. More »
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 »
After a couple of months and 23,683 applications, the official results from the Whirlpool Australia Broadband Survey are in. Among the findings: Whirlpool users don’t care much for the mandatory internet filter, although they also reckon they’ll be able to bypass it. More »
All Giz readers know that there are two major battles being waged between government and geeks across the country: the mandatory internet filter and an R18+ rating for video games. But how will one affect the other? Luke over at Kotaku contacted the minister to find out, and the good news is that it’s not all bad news for gamers… More »
Thanks to Mark for pointing us towards this Enough Rope interview with former Democrats leader Don Chipp from 2006. As you can see below, this current attempt by the government to censor the internet isn’t exactly a new concept: More »
Reader Kane is vehemently opposed to Senator Conroy’s proposed mandatory internet filter. So he sent the Minister a letter pointing out all the concerns he had over the government’s plans. Senator Conroy wrote back, and aside from the usual shouting about CHILD PORN and TERRORISM, mentioned some interesting things, like the fact they plan on implementing legislative amendments to require the filter “12 months from the passage of legislation”. More »
