A new study from Brooklyn Law School shows Communications Minister Stephen Conroy’s ideological stupidity is a serious embarassment, this Crikey article says… And that’s on top of most of the world just smirking at his half-baked plans which lack targe…
Communications Minister Stephen Conroy responds to email complaints with a long letter that avoids the issues: he doesn’t explain why the government now plans to filter all adults’ internet access (instead of filtering children’s access, as promised pre-…
Before the 2007 federal election, Kevin Rudd and Stephen Conroy promised – in writing – to protect Australian children under their ‘cyber-safety’ plan. But now, after a year in government, they have squelched the democratic process with a proposal – not…
Draconian, misleading and a possible invasion of privacy _ that’s how Civil Liberties Australia webmaster and director Lance Williamson describes Communications Minister Stephen Conroy’s mandatory internet filtering plans in this Canberra Times article. …
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) — A proposed Internet filter dubbed the ”Great Aussie Firewall” is promising to make Australia one of the strictest Internet regulators among democratic countries. Read the New York Times article here.
Communications Minister Stephen Conroy’s much-touted ‘live’ trial of mandatory internet filtering has been postponed a month. And it is no longer a ‘live’ trial, but a dummy run using specially- selected sites and no ‘real’ customers. The project’s spira…