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Days of My Wikitweets

For many demented US politicians and media shills, Wikileaks is the US equivalent to Salman Rushdie’s fatwahed Satanic Verses. While the Wikileaks insurance file with its encrypted archive of unredacted documents has been downloaded by hundreds of thousands of Wikileaks supporters during the last week, it seems the US has only just realised the implications. . . . → Read More if you dare: Days of My Wikitweets

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Ned Kelly’s Jerilderie Letter & Julian Assange

A hunt is on for journalist and popular free speech advocate Julian Assange which according to his lawyer has “political motivations”,. “I’m really rather worried by the political motivations that appear to be behind this,” says Mark Stephens, Julian’s counsel. On the run in February, 1879, Ned Kelly had no advocate, instead dictating to his . . . → Read More if you dare: Ned Kelly’s Jerilderie Letter & Julian Assange

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National Security Legislation Amendment Bill 2010

Anti-terrorism laws have now been altered in Australia with some expansions of police powers and conditions that limit free speech. There has been little attention paid to these changes within the Australian media – the equal rights for gay marriage parliamentary debate has taken precedence. “The National Security Legislation Amendment Bill 2010 seeks to achieve . . . → Read More if you dare: National Security Legislation Amendment Bill 2010

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Get Thee to a Library & Learn!

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, . . . → Read More if you dare: 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. . . . → Read More if you dare: 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.

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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. . . . → Read More if you dare: Conroy screwed as Xenophon sees the light

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