BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | China ‘blocks YouTube video site’: “China ‘blocks YouTube video site’ By Quentin Sommerville, BBC News, Beijing, Tuesday, 24 March 2009 China is reported to have blocked the YouTube video-sharing website…
Dentist’s website on leaked blacklist – Wikileaks From Wikileaks, March 20, 2009 By Asher Moses (Sidney Morning Herald) The communications regulator’s secret blacklist of banned websites has been leaked onto the web and includes such…
Aussie ISP pulls out of firewall trial: “ Can’t reconcile with corp responsibility iiNet, Australia’s third largest Internet Service Provider, is withdrawing from the government’s censorship trial.… “ (Via The Register – Public Sector.)
Irish ISPs reject music industry’s file-sharer demands: “Irish internet service providers (ISPs) have rejected claims that they are responsible for users’ copyright infringement. They have said that their operations are protected by law.” (Via OUT-LAW…
Put down your pens: Cartoons next on censor block: “ Transatlantic campaign mounts against scribbled smut Comment Proposals to make it a criminal offence to possess cartoons depicting certain forms of child abuse are heading…
Minister admits thought crime is on the agenda: “ Oh George, you are a one A short exchange in the Commons yesterday suggests that thought crime is now officially on the government’s agenda.… “ (Via…
Wikileaks tells Aus censorship minister to rack off: “ Muddled Conroy threatens lawyers Wikileaks has told the Australian Chief Censor communications minister, Stephen Conroy, to reel his neck in after the gaffe-prone politician threatened a…
Aussie firewall blocks Wikileaks: “ What’s that Skippy? There’s bad stuff on the internet? The Great Australian Firewall has claimed another victim – some pages of Wikileaks have been added to the blacklist of websites…
Great Aussie firewall claims first victim: “ Forum threatened with fine for link to banned site The great Australian Firewall might be struggling to make political progress, but regulators are already using its blacklist to…
Secret Aussie blacklist leaked: “ Dental Nurse Daisy Chain Vol 1-90 The inevitable has happened – the secret Australian blacklist of banned websites has been published on the internet.… “ (Via The Register – Public…