Have you ever had your mobile phone battery drain faster than normal while escorting an infamous internet activist around Melbourne? If you answered yes, it turns out you could be getting hacked by the government.
While the focus of the election from a geek standpoint has shifted from internet filtering to the NBN given the fact the Libs and Greens have both promised to block the filter in the senate, that doesn’t mean online safety has gone away as an election issue. The Greens today announced their policy, and to give them credit, it’s a common-sense approach.
If you missed yesterday’s ICT debate between Comms Minister Stephen Conroy, Shadow Minister Tony Smith and the Greens’ Scott Ludlam, you can watch the entire thing here and now thanks to YouTube’s Australia Votes channel. You can also read through our Liveblog here.
One of the most important moments of the election campaign for the Gizmodo audience happened today, when Communications Minister Stephen Conroy, Shadow Minister Tony Smith and Scott Ludlum from the Greens debate ICT policy. The question now is who won.
We’re liveblogging today’s ICT debate between Labor’s Stephen Conroy, Liberal’s Tony Smith and Scott Ludlam from the Greens. Who will win? We’ll find out as the event kicks off at 1pm…
Credit where it’s due. When Greens Senator Scott Ludlam issued a media release supporting Joe Hockey’s statement that the Coalition would stop a mandatory internet filter, he didn’t just call it excellent news. He signed off his statement with a FTW.
Next Tuesday, August 10 at 1pm, Stephen Conroy, Tony Smith and Scott Ludlam will be debating IT and communications policy at the National Press Club. The event will be broadcast on Sky News, and we’ll be liveblogging it here on Gizmodo, so you can see what party has the best interests of the tech community in mind at this years election.
Tipster Anthony saw this free postcard sitting in a stand at his local cinema when he went to see Inception last week. It’s an interesting approach at trying to reach those who aren’t necessarily aware of the potential dangers of a mandatory internet filter…
You’d be forgiven for thinking, were you to spend a bit of time reading through a Twitter search for the term “Conroy” today, that the plan for mandatory ISP level filtering was scrapped. It’s not. It’s been delayed and there are some changes that have been announced for greater transparency, but the government’s policy for cyber safety is still the same as it was yesterday: mandatory filtering for everybody.
Politics is generally as dull as watching cardboard boxes being made on an overcast day. This video isn’t that much of an exception, but it is worth watching for the fact that Greens Senator Scott Ludlam vocally stands up and condemns the Government’s proposed Internet filter.
