Conroy gathers experts on bullying
Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has announced a group of 305 young Australians to advise him on online cyber-bullying and other online issues. Read the press release »…
Category: Censorship
Canute Conroy’s foolishness exposed
Computer systems to bypass filters continue to grow like tops and change ‘shape’ by the second to foil government blocking systems. The futility of Communications Minister Stephen Conroy’s attempts to hold back the internet ocean’s waves are highlighted…
Client data destroyed to save privacy
A Swedish internet service provider, Bahnhof, has begun deleting customer identification information in order to prevent it from being used as evidence against its customers under Sweden’s new legislation against copyright infringement via peer-to-peer f…
Optus to participate in ISP filtering pilot
Optus will participate in the Australian Government’s Internet Service Provider (ISP) filtering pilot. Optus (second largest ISP in Australia) joins seven other ISPs participating in the pilot-Primus Telecommunications, Highway 1, Nelson Bay Online, Net…
Technology by itself will not save kids
"…technology alone will never provide enough protection," a children’s website moderator says. "Kids will find a way to communicate," she says, "and you can’t block every word in the dictionary." Read more about kids’ beha…
Conroy pedals backwards on filtering
Communications Minister Stephen Conroy is back-pedaling, fast. On the SBS TV program, Insight, he indicated internet filtering in Australia would block information already banned by the censor only, with parents responsible for controlling their children…