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anonymous

Australia on internet watchlist with Iran, North Korea - 0 views

www.smh.com.au/...north-korea-20100312-q23p.html

internet governance censorship internet australia

shared by anonymous on 12 Mar 10 - Cached
  • Paris-based media rights group Reporters Without Borders on Thursday put Australia and South Korea on its list of countries "under surveillance" in its "Internet Enemies"
  • Australia was listed for the government's plan to block access to websites featuring material such as rape, drug use, bestiality and child sex abuse.
  • "This regrettably puts Australia on notice that, despite the Rudd government’s best intentions, any mandatory filtering policy is likely to be perceived internationally in ways that will not benefit our reputation as a free and open society," he said.
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  • He cited Australia's plans as an example, saying that there "the wide scope of content prohibited could include socially and politically controversial material".
  • Tamsin Lloyd on 12 Mar 10
     
    A media rights watchdog has listed Australia in a report on countries that pose a threat of internet censorship.
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  • David Sams on 12 Mar 10
     
    A top media rights watchdog has listed Australia along with Iran and North Korea in a report on countries that pose a threat of internet censorship.
  • César Albarrán Torres on 13 Mar 10
     
    Why does everyone get so worked up with the word "censorship"? In some cases, like with child porn, if a medium is used to violate a human right or indeed foments a crime, then there should be some sort of control. Why look at it from a b&w perspective when there are so many grey areas?
  • anonymous on 14 Mar 10
     
    Is this really where Australia's future in censorships is heading?
Rachael Bolton

Al Jazeera offers reality check for the Twitterverse - 1 views

bit.ly/dqN2vq

internet Twitter Iran government citizen journalism

shared by Rachael Bolton on 09 Mar 10 - Cached
  • Rachael Bolton on 09 Mar 10
     
    The head of new media for Middle East broadcaster and news service Al Jazeera has poured cold water on the much-hyped role of Twitter as the technology that started grass-roots revolution in Iran. Despite the US government's moves to prevent scheduled maintenance of the site to enabled Iranians to "Tweet out" to the world about the election, it seems a torrent of on-the-ground Tweets simply doesn't add up. After analyzing information about the alleged Iranian-based Tweeters, just 6 accounts could be verified as actually being on the ground.
Amit Kelkar

Tweets of Freedom - Project Syndicate - 1 views

www.project-syndicate.org/...English

internet governance twitter china censorship filtering democracy e-democracy

shared by Amit Kelkar on 28 Feb 10 - Cached
  • Amit Kelkar on 28 Feb 10
     
    Describes how twitter is being used for citizen participation and "democracy" in various countries from Moldova, Iran and now China. The author proposes that the best way to reduce censorship and promote "democracy" is not political pressure, but to "flood the Chinese market, and those of other countries that restrict freedom of expression, with cutting-edge technology". My opinion: Although Twitter seems to be good at allowing citizens to organise and to create consensus, it does not seem to translate well to actual policy outcome. 
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