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• Budde: Worries remain over ISP-level content filter

  The Federal Government's decision to go ahead with a controversial ISP-level content filter will raise more questions than it answers, according to a leading telecommunications analyst.
  

• Australian Federal Government to introduce mandatory ISP-level filtering

  The Federal Government will introduce legislative amendments to the Broadcasting Services Act to require all ISPs to block Refused Classification (RC)-rated material hosted on overseas servers.

• Mandatory ISP-Level Filtering report released

  After much delay the Federal Government has released the results of Enex TestLab’s test pilot into mandatory ISP-level content filtering, finding that a technically competent user could circumvent filtering technology based on ACMA’s blacklist.

• Computerworld Top 10 Most Influential - #3 Senator Stephen Conroy

  The Computerworld Top 10 Most Influential for 2009 has reached the top three people, products, organisations, trends or events that have had the greatest influence on the ICT industry and community. Love him or hate him, there's no doubting the influence of Communications Minister, Senator Stephen Conroy.

• It can't get worse than Minchin: Budde

  The ICT industry couldn’t get a worse shadow communications minister than Nick Minchin, according to telecommunications analyst Paul Budde.

• Government launches project to define Australian cyber-safety environment

  The Federal Government has announced a new research project to track the awareness of kids’ cyber-safety and security issues.

• Wait continues for content filtering report

  The Australian public will have to continue to wait on the release of the Federal Government’s report on ISP-level filtering, with a spokesperson for the Communications Minister, Senator Stephen Conroy, confirming no date has been set for the report’s release.

• ACS: ISP-filtering could affect Internet speeds and prices

  The Federal Government’s Internet filtering scheme is likely to impact ISP networks speeds, and ultimately, the cost of Internet access for consumers, a new report from the Australian Computer Society e-security Task Force has found.

• Calls for Conroy to release Internet censorship trial results

  Opposition spokesperson, Nick Minchin, has bought the Government’s proposed Internet content filtering scheme back to the political forefront, criticising the Government over its lack of transparency regarding the trials.

• Conroy deserves Internet villain award: Minchin

  Federal communications minister Stephen Conroy has been awarded the title of Internet Villain of the Year at the 11th annual Internet Industry Awards, due to the government’s controversial plans for an Internet filter.

• Internet content filtering a waste of money: child groups

  Children’s rights group Save the Children has appealed to the Labor Government to drop its controversial plans for a mandatory Internet filter, saying the scheme does not effectively teach children how to protect themselves from online danger.

• ICANN says Web filters will "embarrass" Aussie govt

  An Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) chief has said the Australian government will “embarrass itself” if it pushes ahead with plans to install a national Internet content filter.
  

• Classification stall puts gamers on edge

  The release date of a government discussion paper on content classification could create a watershed for Australian gamers who are set to suffer under the national Internet filtering scheme.

• Watchful eye better than Web filters

  The federal government's Internet filters will be outpaced by the emergence of offensive Web pages and won't stop offensive material appearing in e-mail inboxes, according to the Internet Society of Australia.
  

• Watchdog threatens online rights group with $11k fine

  Online privacy advocacy group Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA) has withdrawn links to a blacklisted Web site after its hosting provider was threatened with an $11,000 fine by the communications watchdog.