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An article against the government actions, found through Google Blog Search

Internet Industry Association chief executive Peter Coroneos - who retires from his role this week - denied the Interpol filter would see a form of censorship reach Australia's internet sector. "This is not censorship; this is law enforcement cooperation around material which is illegal to possess," he said. "We've been at pains to try and distance this initiative from the Government's mandatory filtering scheme."

looks at political parties/government and how the plan to implement censorship policies and how optus as an internet provider would be involved

"ACMA - ISP FILTERING" google blog search

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)

ARIN2610 googlesearch Australia's biggest internet providers begin blocking an Interpol list of child abuse websites.

This post talks about The Broadcasting Services Amendment (Online Services) Act 1990. It talks about the ineffectiveness of filtering software and the cost to Ausralia. Google Blog

Australia remained one of the strictest western country to censor internet and filter ISPs (google blog search)

ARIN2610 googleblog "Australia's off-line censorship laws are among the most restrictive in Western democracies and the Net censorship laws are more akin to those in totalitarian regimes than to those, if any, in other countries purporting to be Western democracies."

18 May 2009Recent reviews and policy discussions of the various IP systems have consistently lamented the lack of hard data on the extent of the problem of infringement, what it costs and whom it affects, how firms respond, and how successful existing systems for IP enforcement are.

ARIN2610 For and Against outlook on Telstra and Optus filters Google blog search

"Our intention is to stop the implementation of Internet Censorship in Australia. In case you don't know what that means, or who it affects, it is the proposed plan of creating a compulsory internet filter which is intended on removing and banning the access to any website which is deemed "inappropriate". While the idea itself is intended to bring a safer environment for children on the internet, the filter brings about no concern for anybody else who uses the internet, and is a serious violation of our freedom of rights, speech and expression." Google blog search

Another deeply concerned blog that is pushing for stopping internet filtering in Australia. (Google Blog search).

" This section provides information about on-line censorship legislation in Australia, that is, the C'th Broadcasting Services Amendment (Online Services) Act 1999 and C'th Classification Act, and State/Territory Classification Acts. (For information about various other Australian laws restricting freedom of speech, such as Commonwealth Criminal Code offences, defamation laws, racial vilification laws, etc, refer to the topic listing on EFA's Censorship and Free Speech Page). "

Legislation and rules about censorship

This blog post brings to light the various discussions going on concerning current government movements on anti-copyright and counterfeiting policies and the effects it is having on Australian communication providers.

The google transparency report is a disclosure tool that publishes government and court requests to remove google content. This is a useful tool to inform critical discussion about the appropriate scope and authority of government requests. (Clusty)

CPSR is a global organization promoting the responsible use of computer technology. CPSR is used as an educative tool to help inform policymakers and the public on a wide range of issues. This is a reliable and informative instrument. (Clusty)

This page shows a video which highlights the way in which the internet is giving you different search results depending on who you are and what you like.

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An army of pro-government 'trolls' is being paid to spread Communist party propaganda by commenting on blogs and forums and Chinese Twitter, Sina Weibo.

Australian Communications and Media Authority's website to regulate material found in all communications and media. This is specifically their online regulation page.

Greens in control of senate - author discusses what this means for Gillard and Conroy's Internet censorship plan. arin2610 google blog search

ARIN2610 GoogleBlog "With the Greens now in control of the Australian Senate is the Gillard government's plans for Internet censorship dead asks Jo Coghlan. "

The role of the Greens in at the very least stalling plans for the internet filter until senate elections in 2013

Angry blogger naming and shaming companies involved in censorship and offering ways to get around it!

Article discussing and criticising the ISP-Imposed Censorship in Australia, particularly via Telstra and Optus to defend against child abuse. 

After the announcement that Australia would start censoring 500 or more websites from July, 2011, many will try to find out a way to bypass this censorship to try surf and use the internet in the same way they used to, before the censorship was started by Australian Communication and Media Authority (ACMA). 

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See why it's time to tell your mum about Internet censorship. Suzanne Dvorak, Save the Children. 10 things you can do to support Open Internet

A division of the Electronic Frontiers Australia group arguing and providing tools to campaign against ISP filtering in Australia. (Found on Clusty/Yippy under "Children, Blog About Censorship And Moral Panic In Australia, Particularly Internet.")