Mandatory helmet bike laws are a good thing, right? Wrong, says Colin Clarke, in a detailed analysis of how the best of intentions can produce a counter-intuitive outcome. Would mandatory internet filtering have a similar negative impact? Read the artic…
n a paper for the NSW Parliamentary Library’s Research Service, Tom Edwards and Gareth Griffith outline the current debate over the Australian Government’s filtering scheme for internet content and the practice in other countries. It concludes: "W…
Hours teenagers spend socializing on the Internet are not a bad thing, according to a new study. "It may look as though kids are wasting a lot of time … But their participation is giving them the technological skills and literacy they need to succ…
CensorFREE’s policy position is to: Support giving parents the choice of installing software (free, or at very little cost) which will filter their home’s internet feed; Oppose any form of mandatory, Australia-wide filtering of the internet which…
Minister Conroy would do better to concentrate on how to lower the cost of internet access in Australia, rather than limiting the extent of access under his mandatory filering – censorship – plan. See information on home computer availability
Banned ‘black’ websites will suddenly jump from the current 1300 to more than 10,000 when Communication Minister Conroy’s proposed mandatory filtering system slows down Australia’s internet access before in trials starting before Christmas. But who will…