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The federal government has abandoned its internet filter, relying on a section of the Telecommunications Act to force telcos to act. But will it actually work?

Like many laws, however, the proposed “right to be forgotten” should not be seen as a cure-all, writes David Lindsay, an associate professor in the faculty of law at Monash University.

After being told by an MP that the Parliament House computers wouldn’t let them view his blog, Syd Walker started asking questions about which sites are blocked for parliamentarians.

The web filtering industry ranges from the innocuous to the ruthless in its quest to censor the internet.

So as Europe teeters on the brink of another financial crisis, and the US economy struggles to recover amid staggering levels of government debt, what is Nicolas Sarkozy’s priority for the G8 meeting in Deauville?

A deadlocked US Congress will do what the Australian Labor Party cannot — pass a mandatory ISP-based Internet filter by the end of the year. And the most remarkable thing is almost nobody dissents, writes Harley Dennett.

A new lobbying group has joined the campaign against the government’s proposed mandatory internet filter, arguing it will not only failure to protect kids but might actually make it more difficult to do so.

Stephen Conroy last night warned the Government would consider blocking up to 50,000 websites, before launching an attack on euthanasia websites and Facebook, reports Bernard Keane.

Everyone’s laying into the Coalition for its tech policies (or lack thereof), but the ALP really isn’t much savvier, says Renai LeMay. Its NBN, internet filter, e-health and telco policies have all been very messy.

Stephen Conroy’s controversial internet filter has been placed on the backburner in the hope that it won’t become a major election issue. But stay alert, writes Ross Fitzgerald, the internet filter will come back even more draconian than ever.

Stephen Conroy’s response on the internet filter didn’t end the debate — in fact, he appears to have opened up some new issues, including one with Google.

Bernard Keane hits back at Broadband Minister Senator Stephen Conroy in their ongoing war over the government’s internet filter and “blacklisted” content.

Google will challenge communications minister Stephen Conroy on the effectiveness of the planned filter and his claims that it won’t impact web browsing speed.

At least one member of the federal government stands opposed to mandatory internet censorship — and she’s prepared to fight for it.

The feared Great Firewall of Australia, Stephen Conroy’s planned internet filter, will not be implemented until after the next federal election. A cynical move by a government fearing public uproar, writes Duncan Riley.

A new website called The Gift Of Censorship is promising to deliver a bag of coal in a large red sack to Stephen Conroy and for every 1000 complaint letters sent to him through the site.

Just hours after a bit of media publicity, an anti-Stephen Conroy website was pulled down by authorities. Was this a routine domain deregistration or something more sinister?

Reporters without Borders is so furious with Stephen Conroy’s planned internet filter that it has penned an open letter to the PM, reports Colin Jacobs — a development which should be alarming to anyone concerned with our image as an open democracy in the world.

The new internet filter will censor those that don’t understand the net. The irony being that young people — whose delicate minds the filter is to protect — get the internet better than most, writes Nina Funnell.

As the internet types their uproar over the proposed internet filter, the man behind the plan, Stephen Conroy, writes about why it’s being introduced. To keep the kiddies safe and maintain a civilised society, apparently.

Google is, unsurprisingly, unimpressed by Conroy’s internet filter plans. Access to politically controversial topics for public debate is vital for democracy, says the company’s Head of Policy, Iarla Flynn.

Instituting a mandatory filter to achieve what almost all other Western democracies have managed voluntarily would place Australia in a category of its own for a Western democracy, writes Lelia Green.

The government’s net filtering trials conclusively show filtering doesn’t work — so why is the government pursuing it and asking us to trust not just Stephen Conroy but every politician in the future? Ask the parents.