Academic Clive Hamilton argues (on ABC Online) for the pro-case for mandatory internet filtering. He admits he hasn’t researched one of his prime contentions – bad impact on teenage boys – because of "ethical considerations". The blog response…
It seems like only yesterday that the country was prosperous and the Labor Party was going to make everyone’s internet faster. But now the Federal Government’s great broadband gift is floundering in the waves of the financial crisis and Communications Mi…
More and more websites are being banned in Turkey, including that of Oxford anti-religion advocate Richard Dawkins and a large newspaper, due to complaints. Courts have the power to rules sites blocked: 850 have been blocked this year Ankara provokes co…
If the Australian people allow mandatory internet filtering to prevail, we will become a nation where speech, deed and thought are funneled into concrete tunnels controlled by government. Web developments close at hand mean today’s battle is critical for…
The political activists who helped free David Hicks and abolish Work Choices have now set their sights on the Government’s plan to censor the internet, which is already facing a major backlash and a lack of political support. (CensorFree and CLA are part…
The Australian Greens won’t support plans to introduce compulsory internet filters. "We’re very, very concerned there’s going to be a unnecessary clampdown on the internet and it has to be watched," Greens leader Bob Brown told ABC TV . The Gov…