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By tigtog on June 14, 2010
I love the new Filter Stephen Conroy site, and I’m keen to put up a similar site aimed at people who very much want their own family’s internet access to be filtered and who have bought into the idea that Conroy’s filter is going to be the easiest way to do it (and that it will work).
Posted in activism/charity, culture wars, technology | Tagged censorship, elections, internet censorship, internet filter, nocleanfeed, privacy, stephen conroy |
By tigtog on June 12, 2010
Government Overreach Edition – what the hell is the Rudd government up to? Read’em and weep.
Posted in blogging, linkfest | Tagged censorship, internet censorship, nocleanfeed, privacy, Read-ems, stephen conroy, Tony Abbott |
By tigtog on January 25, 2010
Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed. What did I miss? Please share what you've been reading (and writing!) in the comments.
Posted in blogging, linkfest | Tagged censorship, global warming, internet censorship, nocleanfeed, privacy, Read-ems |
By Lauredhel on March 15, 2009
For those interested in Minister Stephen Conroy’s plans to introduce mandatory internet censorship to Australia, check out Wendy Carlisle’s show on the Background Briefing. ABC Radio National: Conroy’s clean feed It’s well-researched, and it explains the issue from square one, right back to Conroy’s fib that Kevin Rudd’s Labor government campaigned on the issue and [...]
Posted in blogging, culture wars, language, law & order, Politics | Tagged abc, australia, censorship, civil-rights, conroy, filtering, free speech, internet, internet censorship, internet filtering, IT, Kevin Rudd, moral panics, nocleanfeed, pornography, privacy, rights, rudd, trial
By Lauredhel on December 2, 2008
Clive Hamilton, “public intellectual”, has been banging on about how wrong wrongitty wrong anti-censorship advocates are. Clive has been stampily regurgitating the mantra of the censors: “I have heard no one argue that films, television, books and magazine should be a free-for-all. But somehow all of this goes out the window when it comes to [...]
Posted in blogging, Politics, technology | Tagged australia, censorship, free speech, internet censorship, internet filtering, Kevin Rudd, moral panics, nocleanfeed, privacy, stephen conroy |
By Lauredhel on November 27, 2008
The West is running a “Leavers’ Diary” in their Blogs section: Day One, Day Two, Day Three, Day Four. It’s a tedious, poorly-written mishmash of “got pissed, got laid, spewed, fuck yeah.” As you’d pretty much expect from Schoolies’ Week. The latest entry is starting to show signs of a “Dangers of Alcohol” story beloved [...]
Posted in activism/charity, blogging, fun & hobbies, gender & feminism, Politics, technology, Violence | Tagged alcohol, censorship, cheezburgery, conroy, domestic violence, free speech, internet censorship, internet filtering, LOLcats, moral panics, nocleanfeed, privacy, travel, violence against women |
By Lauredhel on November 14, 2008
This is part three of a transcription of MMM’s Spoonman show on internet censorship, which aired 13 November 2008. You can download the podcast here. Previous parts: Part One, an interview with EFA Chair Dale Clapperton. Part two, an interview with Steve Dalby from internet service provider Iinet.
Posted in blogging, culture wars, ethics & philosophy, law & order, media | Tagged acma, australia, blacklist, broadband, censorship, child pornography, civil liberties, communications, conroy, cyberbullying, electronic frontiers australia, internet, internet censorship, internet filtering, moral panics, net nanny, nocleanfeed, privacy |
By Lauredhel on November 14, 2008
The Spoonman on MMM last night hosted a discussion of Conroy & Rudd’s internet censorship plans. You can download the podcast here. Here’s a transcript of the first part of the show, with EFA Chair Dale Clapperton. (errors are mine, bold are where words were spoken with particular emphasis or to pick out dot points). [...]
Posted in blogging, culture wars, ethics & philosophy, law & order, media, Politics | Tagged acma, australia, blacklist, broadband, censorship, civil liberties, communications, conroy, cyberbullying, elections, electronic frontiers australia, internet, internet censorship, internet filtering, moral panics, net nanny, nocleanfeed, privacy |
By Lauredhel on October 29, 2008
Dale Clapperton, Chair of the Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA), appeared briefly on Channel Seven’s Morning Show today, discussing internet censorship. I didn’t manage to record the introduction, as I was caught by surprise and there was a chainsaw buzzing outside my window; but it involved the host (Larry Emdur) talking about how the system has [...]
Posted in law & order, Politics, technology | Tagged australians, brisbane, censorship, elections, electronic frontiers australia, internet censorship, legislation, nocleanfeed, privacy |
By Lauredhel on October 23, 2008
[edited 24/25/27 Oct 2008 to update Further Reading list and keep the links roundup up to date.] Greens Senator Scott Ludlam has been trying to extract information on the new internet filtering plans in Senate Estimates committee. Here’s the transcript, via the Greens website. My notes: * Internet filtering funding has been allocated $44.2 million [...]
Posted in culture wars, law & order, Politics, technology | Tagged censorship, cyberbullying, false positives, internet censorship, internet filtering, moral panics, nocleanfeed, privacy |
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