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)
ARIN2610
googleblog
"the Australian Federal Government has announced its intention to introduce new legislation to compel Australian Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to filter all information transfer in Australia, with the intent of stopping the general public from accessing selected information."
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)
It is about a photographer talks about the Internet censorship. He saw the censorship as the restriction of access from information. The viewer is being restricted from someone else's original vision. He regarded this action as an opponent to the objectiveness of the Internet.
It is required to filter internet access of certain type of content eg. illegal sites. This is an issue for "cyber safety" and in order to protect children and youth from potential harmful informations and material.
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
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.
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
googlelink
"Indian government has now asked Skype and Gmail to provide Indian Intelligence Agencies and Information Department with an access to the communication data."
Three independent lawmakers who will likely decide which party governs Australia said Wednesday they plan to demand details of how much competing election promises would cost the nation over the next three years.
International internet regulation is that so many dictatorial nations have sided with the idea. Internet supplied people with datas on news and informations through the net media. It is essentially decentralized and open to everyone is what has made its widespread use.
Internet as a portal to seemingly unlimited information. we enter the internet as an individual but once we are inside we are part of a group that it forms the link that bring us as indivudals together.
The content on this site is aimed at Australian citizens who were overseas at the time of the election. It provides information about overseas polling places. Clusty assigned catergories such as "Australian Electoral Commission", "Australian government", "Prime Minister", "Australian Federal Election 2010" and "migration."