Internet blackout protest: Who did and didn't take part
It was called the The Great Australian Internet Blackout to protest the government's ISP-level internet content filtering plan, but few big websites took part.
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Internet filter remains alive and well: Conroy
Communications minister Stephen Conroy has refused to back down on Labor’s mandatory ISP-level filter, despite the near impossibility of the controversial policy passing the lower or upper houses of Parliament.
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Child porn filter coming mid-2011
Telstra and Optus will impose a filter on child pornography and abuse websites for all internet subscribers from halfway through 2011.
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Refused classification could prove death knell for Labor filter
The Classification Board’s review of refused classification (RC) material could signal the death of the Labor party’s proposed mandatory ISP-level internet filter, pending its results next year.
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Liberals to slash net filter
The Federal Opposition has moved to trash the Government's highly controversial mandatory ISP-level Internet Filter.
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Filtered Internet for 70% of web users under government deal
Up to 70 per cent of Australians will have filtered Internet access under a deal between Telstra, Optus, iPrimus and the Federal Government, Communications Minster Stephen Conroy said today.