Stephen Conroy’s Internet Filter Opposed by MPs Opposition grows to internet filter ARI SHARP COMMUNICATIONS CORRESPONDENT February 25, 2010 Senator Conroy has won the backing of cabinet and is awaiting debate about the internet filtering…
(Entry by Dr. Yaman Akdeniz) Good news and bad news at the same time. Glad the Lords thought the government’s plan was no good but at the same time they offered “court ordered blocking powers”…
Curiouser and curiouser: Aussie gov censors the censorship news: “ Now we’re not allowed to know who is responsible Debate over internet filtering in Australia is rapidly descending from high comedy into total farce, as…
LibDems back copyright takedowns: “ Last minute amendment spooks ISPs Mandybill The LibDems shadow culture minister in the Lords has tabled an amendment allowing the Courts to grant injunctions against ISPs – blocking off sections…
YouTube's new tool for kid-safe viewing: (Net Family News) More than 33 billion online videos were watched during December and about a third of the them were on YouTube, according to comScore’s latest figures. A…
DE – New Internet Legislation Embarrasses German Government: “(Der Spiegel) A new bill to fight child pornography has been signed into law by Germany’s president. There’s only one problem: The government has decided it no…
Worth reading this one…. Terrorism Act 2006 section 3 Internet Censorship powers have *never* been invoked: “ Back in October 2005 this Spy Blog article Terrorism Bill 2005 – part 2 of our comments asked:…
Aid Urged for Groups Fighting Internet Censors: “Five United States senators want the government to move ahead with plans to provide $45 million to help people in other countries evade Web restrictions.” (Via NYT >…
BBC News – Cyber attacks against Australia ‘will continue’ By Zoe Kleinman, Technology Reporter, BBC News 12 February 2010 An activist group that temporarily blocked access to key Australian government websites plans to continue its…
French Parliament approves Net censorship | La Quadrature du Net French Parliament approves Net censorship Submitted on 11 February 2010 Paris, February 11th, 2010 – During the debate over the French security bill (LOPPSI), the…