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An eclectic overview of the current state of play on prospective Australian net censorship is presented by Warwick Rendell – suggesting the leaking of the possible / partial ACMA list plays into pro-filter hands, and that filter opponents need to focus on the development of workable alternatives.

Activities which violate human rights – child pron, rape, war, . . . → Read More: Get Thee to a Library & Learn!

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ABC Lateline : Stilgherrian On ACMA Blacklist Leak

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Possible Australian ACMA banned sites list published

Wikileaks, the international purveyor of information governments would rather keep privy from their citizens, has published what is claimed to be the Australian ACMA blacklist in their section on Australia.

The leak was revealed by @ashermoses in an exclusive in the Sydney Morning Herald.

Wikileaks has previously published the blacklists for Thailand, Denmark and Norway.

University of Sydney associate . . . → Read More: Possible Australian ACMA banned sites list published

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Jim Boot on the Australian Government’s censorship of Wikileaks page

$11,000 per day for linking to sites you don’t even know are on the ACMA blacklist? Kafkesque in the extreme.

Time our ridiculous government was taken down for acts unbecoming to civilisation.

Sphere: . . . → Read More: Jim Boot on the Australian Government’s censorship of Wikileaks page

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Conroy screwed as Xenophon sees the light

In the SMH, Asher Moses reports that Opposition Senator Minchin has obtained legal advice that the conservative Labor government will almost certainly have to pass legislation to enable net censorship filters to be installed at ISP level.

With Senator Xenophon changing sides on the issue, net censorship legislation would be comfortably blocked in the Senate.

Senator Nick . . . → Read More: Conroy screwed as Xenophon sees the light

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Conroy’s Stupid Filter Trials – You Gotta Laugh

Once a jolly swagman plugged into the internets,
Under the shade of a coolibah tree,
And he sang as he watched and waited as he torrented
“Don’t go deploying your filters on me”.

“Deploying your filters, deploying your filters
Don’t go deploying your filters on me”
And he sang as he watched and waited as he torrented,
“Don’t go deploying your filters on . . . → Read More: Conroy’s Stupid Filter Trials – You Gotta Laugh

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DIRECTV Censors Gaza Ad

Take action now to communicate your annoyance that Directv has refused to do business with End the Occupation.

After detailed discussions with DIRECTV, including agreement on rates, times, and network placements of the ad, when we gave them the final product, they abruptly decided not to do business with us.

This blatant act of censorship is preventing millions . . . → Read More: DIRECTV Censors Gaza Ad

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The Financial Cost of Internet Censorship

The positive economic benefits of next generation broadband could be as high as $90b. However, the conservative Labor Party proposed filters could sabotage these gains significantly.

Duncan Riley provides an excellent appraisal of what the costs might be if Conroy’s net censorship schemes are implemented.

The first test paper released by the Australian Communications and Media . . . → Read More: The Financial Cost of Internet Censorship

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