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Eva hung

Internet, censorship ... Is voluntary internet filtering a crime? | Crikey - 0 views

  • The voluntary filtering being introduced by some of Australia’s major internet service providers (ISPs) is on shaky legal ground
  • content filters based on Interpol’s blacklist of child exploitation material rather than the relevant portions of the blacklist that  continues to be compiled by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA).
  • But is that the way we make laws? We just leave the commercial sector to do its own thing?
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    Blog of long-running political/historical commentary site Crikey. arin2610 google blog search
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    Voluntary filtering 
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    Is internet filtering by Australian ISPs illegal? Looks at the possible legal implications of internet censorship.
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    Voluntary Censorship of Crime
Kelly Lo

Aussie censorship filters are a joke - Change your DNS now | TechEye - 0 views

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    Protests had made the legislation for internet censorship voluntary. However, Telstra seemed less agreed than Optus to provide voluntary censorship to users
Lucas Jones

Australia: Internet censorship machine quietly revs up - Information Policy - 0 views

  • Australia's biggest internet providers begin blocking an Interpol list of child abuse websites,
  • This filtering scheme – voluntary for ISPs but not users - is much milder than the mandatory filtering policy proposed by Communications Minister Stephen Conroy,
  • Optus said it was in the process of implementing blocks of Interpol's list for its customers but had not yet committed to filtering ACMA's list
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  • Senator Conroy's spokesman said the government was still committed to introducing its heavily criticised mandatory ISP filtering scheme
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    "ACMA - ISP FILTERING" google blog search
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    A number of notable Australian ISP began to block sites containing child pornography.
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    ARIN2610 ISP's to take on ACMA's blacklist on child abuse material Google blog search
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    The current state of internet censorship in Australia (July 2011)
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    Producer provides objective information on Australian Internet censorship. Talks about ACMA filtering, voluntary filtering by Optus and Telstra and the focus on filtering child pornography and other obscene sites. Also talks about he futility of the process and how easy it is to bypass.
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    Filtering URL and setting up a black list by ACMA to effectively censor offensive websites is under development. However, arguments for the censorship is still occuring (google blog search)
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    ARIN2610 googlesearch Australia's biggest internet providers begin blocking an Interpol list of child abuse websites.
F S

Australian Government may backflip on compulsory internet censorship - 0 views

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    The Australian Government for the first time since their election may be considering optional internet censorship, the original policy they were elected on. Australian Minister for Censorship Stephen Conroy today (Tuesday local time) told a Senate estimates committee that the "Great Firewall of Australia" could be implemented by a voluntary industry code, as opposed to legislation.
Alex Goron

Christian Internet Filters « Born2Serve Ministries - 0 views

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    Weird site selling a voluntary internet filter for personal use. Found in Google Blog Search
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Stilgherrian · All publication is a political act. All communication is propa... - 0 views

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    Links to "Is Voluntary Internet Filtering a Crime?" Bookmark
Yoommy Nam

Telstra proposes to filter Interpol blacklist | Delimiter - 0 views

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    ARIN2610 Telstra's voluntary internet filter on child pornography Google blog search
Cynthia Ng

Australian Internet Censorship Gains Momentum | Paul Mee - 0 views

shared by Cynthia Ng on 19 Aug 11 - No Cached
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      Talks about filtering the web. Tells us about the voluntary filtering initiative that is taking place in the ACT. Mentions Telstra and how they conducted a blacklist blocking trial. Used Google blog search and typed in Internet censorship privacy australia
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