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rosenberg

Does a Green Senate mean Internet censorship is dead? | Australian Policy Online - 0 views

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    Greens in control of senate - author discusses what this means for Gillard and Conroy's Internet censorship plan. arin2610 google blog search
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    Green senates vote against an internet censorship bill brought in my the Gillard government. Does Australia need more censorship laws?
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    The Green government's position in the senate and its profound effect on hindering Australian Internet Censorship
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    The Greens and internet censorship
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    Very detailed post initially discussing the Greens role and views then dives into the issues surrounding Internet censorship.
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    Article discussing the possibility that the current proposed internet censorship legislation will be scrapped with the Green Party's control of the Senate arin2610 google blog search
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    Greens control of the senate means that internet censorship might not happen. google blog search
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    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. "
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    The role of the Greens in at the very least stalling plans for the internet filter until senate elections in 2013
anonymous

Australian Internet Filtering Legislation & The Hard Facts About Censorship - 0 views

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    "This is a short essay that highlights the extraordinary influence Australia's most powerful political action group, the Australian Christian Lobby, and the role it has played in introducing Internet censorship in Australia." Includes quotes from linked politicians and lobbbies, and how they are affecting the debate
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    Outlines the blacklist of explicit sites must be constantly reviewed and if necessary updated with more sites
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    Focused on the Australian Chrisitian Lobby, and how they worked to impose the internet censoeship plan
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    Information regarding internet censorship and filtering legisiation
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    Australian Internet Filtering Legislation & The Hard Facts About Censorship Google Blog Search
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    he Secret Truth Behind; Australian Internet Censorship From the Managing Director of the Australian Christian Lobby, Mr. Jim Wallace: "To be truly effective, it is important that the list of sites to be blacklisted be continuously updated and that the parameters for blacklisting sites and material are similarly continuously reviewed," he said [Australian Christian Lobby Press Release, February '08].
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    A blog that follows closely the issues and news surrounding the Australian Internet Filter Legislation. (Google Blog search)
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    The Secret Truth Behind Australian Internet Censorship
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    Informs about the possible consequences of censorship of the internet in australia
Kaiya Aboagye

Keep Your Filter Off Our Internet | An Australian Web Industry Association campaign: Sa... - 3 views

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    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
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    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
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    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
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    Australian Web Industry Association (AWIA) Official Response to Internet Filter. Google Blog
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    web industry representatives, Australian Web Industry Association (AWIA)
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    Keep Your Filter Off Our Internet
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    Some writings from non-fans of the Proposed Net Filter
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    Webite is talking about removing the filter on internet content in Australia
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    Australian Web Industry Association opposes the idea of an internet filter. 
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    A campaign blog by the Australian Web Industry Association Campaign. (Google Blog search)
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    Updates from people against censorship
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    Online campaign against internet filter - though hasn't been updated for some time
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    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. 
anonymous

Australian Internet Censorship Plans | Optus & Telstra to Filter Internet in Australia - 0 views

  • the criteria of filtering 500 websites is that they contain or might contain Refused Classification (RC)
  • Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA)
  • Mr. Conroy (father of Australian Firewall)
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  • iNet one of the bigger ISPs in Australia rubbishes Mr. Conroy claims of iNet supporting his plans to censor internet in Australia
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    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.
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    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).
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    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.
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    Optus and Telstra want to censor the internet. google blog search
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    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.
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    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)
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    ARIN2610 googleblog "Australian Internet Censorship Plans | Optus & Telstra to Filter Internet in Australia"
Kaiya Aboagye

google link: Gender in the Internet Age - 0 views

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    This link references the latest issue of the Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR) newsletter on Gender in the Internet Age. From the editors' introduction: The purpose of this newsletter is to explore how the Internet and other computing advances subvert or reinforce gender roles.
sunghee89

Censorship and Classification in Australia - 0 views

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    "Australia's censorship system is often the subject of controversy. In recent years there has been debate over the classification of films such as Hannibal, Lolita and Romance, as well as the proposal to replace the 'X' category with 'NVE' (non-violent erotica) and the introduction of Internet censorship. There have also been recent changes to the censorship legislation and a review of the classification guidelines is currently being undertaken."
Eva hung

Election 2010 - Social Media and the Australian Federal Election 2010 - 2 views

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    Government (36) Political (26) Campaign (20) Polls (15) Prime Minister (17) Parliament (8) ABC, Australian Broadcasting Corporation (5) Commission (7) Australian Labor Party (6) Maps (5)
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    Cluster Campaign contains 21 documents.
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    The use of social media in the Australian Federal Eleaction 2010
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    So after the ball is over…… Australians see the prospect an equally divided vote and a hung parliament. Did the 2010 election live up to its expectations as being a social media election? Tony Abbott very early in the piece virtually stopped using social media.
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    Social Media on the Federal Election - Blog about the politics of the Government
Yujing Xie

Why Data Caps Are Censorship (by David K. Smith) | DKS Media Solutions - David K. Smith - 0 views

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    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. 
Kylie Hocknell

Censoring mobiles and the net: how the West is clamping down - Information Policy - 0 views

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    Australia may be subject to the implementation of ISP filtering in an attempt to crack down on the use of technology by citizens.
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    This article is about about censorship in general but more specifically about the idea of governments being able to restrict access to social networking during events such as the recent London riots. This also leads into the Australian goverment's internet censorship proposal.
Harry Dennison

ISP Refuses To Block The Pirate Bay | TorrentFreak - 0 views

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    Previously, representatives from the Finnish music industry filed a lawsuit against Elisa, one of the country's largest ISPs, demanding that it should block subscriber access to The Pirate Bay. In a reply filed at the district court, Elisa has refused to comply, describing the blocking demands as "unreasonable."
Kylie Hocknell

Protest: 19,000 Australians petition against Internet filter | sunglasses sale - 1 views

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    This is a blog that asks citizens to reject the ISP filter. The petition requests that the Senate rejects any bill for the proposed ISP filter. The blog equates the ISP filter to internet censorship. Found using blogsearch.google.com
Harry MacDonald

Freedom of Expression and the Internet - UN, OSCE Reports and Joint Declarati... - 0 views

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    Any measure that limits access to the network is unlawful unless it meets the strict requirements established by international standards for such actions. The rapporteurs argued that freedom of expression must apply to the Internet in the same way it applies to all other media.
chloexue

Chinese government to crack down on anonymous microbloggers - 0 views

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    "The Chinese government may be about to force the country's top microblog services to introduce a real-name policy in a bid to crackdown on the accountability of the increasingly influential medium."
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    "The Chinese government may be about to force the country's top microblog services to introduce a real-name policy in a bid to crackdown on the accountability of the increasingly influential medium."
shayansh

Leave The Net Alone - Abolish Internet Censorship In Australia! - 1 views

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    A petition against the Australian internet fitler that was first proposed by the Rudd government
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    This article has a link to a petition to stop internet censorship, It outlines what sort of sites would be blocked under the proposal which include torrent sites, some YouTube material as well as various blogs and anything "offensive" onsocial networking sites. Found using blogsearch.google.com
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    Blog post on the reasons why one should abolish Internet Censorship in Australia
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    Slightly outdated blog about internet censorship in Australia - links to Australian federal politics (probably misinformed). Found in google blog search
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    blog which is encouraging mobilization action, with a brief review about the internet censorship policy
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    "They can close your eyes, but they can't close your mouth". Blog that is encouraging mobilisation action. About: Our intention is to stop the implementation of Internet Censorship in Australia. By peaceful action, we are advocating the use of letters sent to your Minister of Parliament or Letters to the Editor in your local and national newspapers. Any peaceful, non-violent/non-harmful expression of interest is acceptable and encouraged.
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    Stoping the implementation of the Internet Censorship in Australia Google Blog Search
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    people against internet censorship on Australia
Francesca Teng

The cynical exploitation of child abuse « The Conscience Vote - 1 views

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    Google Blog Search Claims by the government to censor internet sites in an attempt to prevent child abuse have been doubted and questioned as to the extent that these violate privacy. The writer questions if there are there any other motive's for the government's actions.
em_ent

The Rabbit Proof Firewall « Blogging Censorship - 0 views

  • Now, Australia is planning to bring the strictness with which they view films and television to the Internet.
  • Content that will be banned from cyberspace ranges from child pornography to discussions on euthanasia.
  •  There is also new legislation that is being pushed by the Labor government to compel ISPs to keep track of the activities of their subscribers. It has been alleged that the government is trying to get a hold of the web browsing history of its citizens.
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  •  We in the United States have been lucky, so far, to avoid state censorship of Australia’s magnitude.
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    An American perspective on Australia's censorship regime in films, television and the internet.
Jane Ton

It's possible for Australia's NBN Co to censor the Internet. - 0 views

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    2010 Article which explains that Australia's NBN could filter the internet and how this could change our relationship with it.
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    Gives an overview of the proposed filter and questions and whether the implementation of the NBN will make it easier for the government to filter the internet. Found using blogsearch.google.com
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    Google blog search
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    Bagging out the Labor party www.theweb.com/au
Lucas Jones

Internet censorship in Australia | ieyenews - 1 views

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    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
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    The Australian Internet Industry has a list of 16 approved filters. However, testing by Computer Choice found that innocuous content, such as medical sites, were often blocked while some adult content passed through the filter. The filtering software products are ineffective, and Australia cannot control websites hosted outside its borders.
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    Article on Australian Governement censoring websites. Spending $9.8 million. Possibly futile. Not many Australians enjoy a truly free online experience (only 21%).
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    Australia remained one of the strictest western country to censor internet and filter ISPs (google blog search)
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    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."
anonymous

Phone hacking: News of the World Hollywood reporter is arrested | Media | guardian.co.uk - 0 views

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    This site is part of the web sphere centered around the impact and events of the News of the World scandal.
anonymous

TweetBuzz - News of the World editor arrested in UK phone hacking scandal - latimes.com - 0 views

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    This Twitter discussion about the News of the World scandal references the article written on the LA Times blog.
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