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)
An entire website dedicated to removing the filter on internet content in Australia! Made in Blogger by the looks of things. Posts information regarding government response to inquiries regarding the internet censorship in Australia. Check it out! Support them!
Keywords: Australia filter
This press release by the Australian Web Indusrty Association highlights its opposition to the proposed internet filter. Instead it calls for parental education. The release also details how a filter would slow down internet speeds.
Found using blogsearch.google.com
Laws, Electronic
China, Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet
Communications, Government
Media
Plan
Internet Filtering
Fighting Internet Censorship In Australia
Search engine
Electronic Frontiers Australia outlines the events occurring
Classification
The Australian Web Industry Association, a professional body which objects to the Government's plans to filter the Internet, representing a broad spectrum of the web industry entities.
Australia, have announced its plan to ban at least 500 and more websites from next month. the criteria of filtering 500 websites is that they contain or might contain Refused Classification (RC), such as Child Abuse, Sexual Violence, Content related to crime, euthanasia, violence, drug use and promoting terrorist activities would be banned.
The father of the Australian Firewall, Mr. Conroy corroborates with ISP's in Australia to filter the internet. However, with such censorship brings about issues of democracy and human rights. The violation of the basic human rights to access information on internet. Such censorship is said to bring in several controversies, illogical content bans and censorship of websites that are unrelated to content banned by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA).
A look at internet censorship around the world and particuarly the plans for filtering in Australia, considering Conroy's statements and the supposed support of the ISPs.
Talks of Australia joining other nations that have internet censorship. Focus on removing obscene sites and Child pornography. Optus and Telstra willingly censoring sites. Possibly a futile effort and filtering needs to be more thorough.
Comparing Australia with other major countries in both western and eastern to highlight the similarities and differences in censorship on internet. iNet is agreeing on helping Conroy to provide ISP blockage for the censorship (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