Greens applaud Google over China ruckus
The Greens have welcomed Google’s decision to stop censoring the Internet in China and attempted to tie the issue to Australia’s own ISP-level Internet content filter.
The Greens have welcomed Google’s decision to stop censoring the Internet in China and attempted to tie the issue to Australia’s own ISP-level Internet content filter.
Google was "totally wrong" to stop censoring results on its China-based search engine, Chinese state-controlled media cited a government official as saying early Tuesday.
Australia’s two largest telcos have knocked heads once more over a key element in the Government’s mandatory ISP filtering plan.
The Greens will look to block the Federal Government's controversial internet filter in the lead up to the election.
French lawmakers voted Tuesday to approve a draft law to filter Internet traffic, a measure the government says is intended to catch child pornographers. The bill will now go on for a second and final reading.
The Federal Government has defended its ability to combat cyber-crime in the face of repeated successful attacks on Government websites carried out under the name Anonymous.
The Internet Society of Australia (ISOC-AU) has voiced its criticism of the Federal Government’s mandatory ISP-level content filter, arguing ISPs should have no role in determining what content their customers can access.
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) is the latest to join a swathe of groups opposed to the Federal Government’s plans to introduce mandatory ISP-level Internet content filtering.
The Federal Opposition has renewed its call for an independent audit of the Rudd Government’s mandatory ISP-level filtering trial.
A group calling itself ‘Anonymous’ has launched a denial of service (DoS) attack on two government websites to protest the Federal Government’s plans to introduce mandatory ISP-level Internet content filtering.
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.
Communications Minister, Senator Stephen Conroy has welcomed the US Secretary of State [[artnid:333472|Hillary Clinton’s anti-censorship speech|new]] one month after announcing plans to introduce mandatory ISP-level Internet content filtering.
Netizens will be urged to make their opposition to the Federal Government’s controversial Internet content filtering scheme heard in the offline community, under a new campaign planned by an Internet lobby group.
The Federal Government’s ISP-level Internet content filter plan has led many down the path of considering serious protest and not just vehement online posting.
After making a surprise move in throwing her support behind the Federal Government’s controversial ISP-level internet filter, Senator Kate Lundy has made a follow up blog post acknowledging potential alternatives.