A new research report by an agency belonging to Communications Minister Stephen Conroy shows clearly that parents keep a close eye on their chilren’s use of the internet, and that they trust their kids to be responsible online. Minister Conroy appears…
A new US site tells Americans about government surveillance, and the steps to defend against it. And a UK organisation (Open Rights Group) is developing an equivalent, covering Data on the Wire, Data on your Computer, Data stored by Third Parties, and Fo…
Mandatory internet filtering’s propsects are dimming, as independent SA Senator Nick Xenophon reveals he is likely to vote against it, an SMH article reports. Just as the international limelight-seeking Communications Minister, Senator Stephen Conroy, c…
Online newsletter Crikey is reporting that Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has made significant ‘confessions’ during an Estimates hearing in Canberra in February. The result will be that legal content may be blocked as a result of the current inte…
Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has – in late February 2009 – commissioned research into "cyber-safety". This comes after he has already decided to impose mandatory internet filtering on all Australians. But no dates, guidelines, aims…
French President Sarkozy has announced plans to censor the internet. He’s threatened a new law, but it looks like he’s hoping for a voluntary system among ISPs, as occurs in Britain. Rabid opposition is expected from French citizens. France’s Sarkozy w…