Optus is trialing a internet filtering system for users in Sydney and Melbourne, the trial is expected to last for up to six weeks with participants having the option to take part or not
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)
Previously confidential documents detailing Universal Music's meetings with the former UK government over the Digital Economy Act are revealing a whole lot more than the pair intended. Blacked-out sections now uncovered show that Universal believed that ISPs could spy on their users and hand over information to rightsholders in order for them to sue.
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coverage on the dabate from 2009 and looking at the responce from Aussie net-users on social media sites, and the reasons why it is happening.
Proto Resources (ASX:PRW) Joint Managing Director Andrew Mortimer presented live to Sydney's Capital Markets at Investorium.tv, regarding nickel-cobalt and iron ore development and exploration of copper and nickel sulphide targets
Andrew Mortimer is Chairman of Superstructure International. He has experience in creating, structuring and preserving the necessary strategic alliances to build solid mining businesses with the potential for sustained growth.