Finally, progress (of sorts) on the Rudd government’s Internet “filtering” trials, which were meant to have started before Christmas, writes Stilgherrian.
Internet service providers
Kruddiversary: The internet thanks you for 12 months of achieving nothing
One year on, precisely none of the NBN has been built. The Cyber-Safety Plan is trialling (again) unworkable internet filters while Senator Conroy accuses everyone of being a pervert, writes Stilgherrian.
Crank up the conspiracies as Seven and Hollywood take on iiNet
The Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft’s decision to take Perth Internet Service Provider iiNet to court will have conspiracy theorists in raptures, writes AntiGeek.
The slippery slope towards internet censorship continues
The Australian Government continued down the slippery slope towards internet censorship yesterday by introducing bill to give the Australian Federal Police the power to nominate terrorism or crime related websites for filtering.
Filtering through the BS in election year
Let me see, which countries use ISP or country level filtering? China … Saudi Arabia … Thailand … Kazakhstan … Georgia … Iran … Sudan … Malaysia … Tunisia … Uzbekistan… Belarus. Yes, there’s a set of countries I aspire to join. Intellectual property expert Kimberlee Weatherall weighs in at LawFont.
