The Chinese Health Ministry has ordered sharp restrictions on Internet access to medical research on sexual subjects. China experts believe the extended ‘anti-pornography’ campaign will spark a broader crackdown on freedom of expression and dissent. Rea…
Nothing could stop the news getting out: riots and deaths in Iran were ‘live’ on the internet worldwide within minutes of the events themselves. But internal censorship still held sway. Read more …
The Chinese Government appears to have backed down in the face of public opposition to its proposed mandatory installation of censorship software on all new computers from 1 July 09. The Chinese Government is making the software optional instead, The Gua…
We need a simple guide from the federal government, online, so your average Australian can know what is acceptable and what’s not in everything from pornography to copyright. ‘We need road signs, not secret blacklists’, Myles Peterson says. What constit…
Minister Conroy and PM Rudd beware! The campaign against mandatory internet filtering (backed by the web-savvy generation) is starting to merge with the campaign for euthanasia reform (run by the growing grey-power crowd, who want control over their fina…
Communications Minister Stephen Conroy appears to be taking out insurance on his bid to impose mandatory internet filtering: according to a commentator, he plans to filter the National Broadband Network for ‘security’ reasons, ensuring he gets his filter…