Comments on: Aust Govt to Continue with Net Filtering Law

By: Carl

Carl — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 13:34:28 +0000

Australian Government goes to war with Google over net censorship
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/government-goes-to-war-with-google-over-net-censorship-20100330-r9bp.html

By: Carl

Carl — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 13:14:03 +0000

Stephen Conroy and US at odds on net filter

The Obama administration has questioned the Rudd government’s plan to introduce an internet filter, saying it runs contrary to the US’s foreign policy of encouraging an open internet to spread economic growth and global security.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/media/stephen-conroy-and-us-at-odds-on-net-filter/story-e6frg996-1225846614780

By: Carl

Carl — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 12:34:19 +0000

Google, Yahoo attack Government’s internet filtering plans
http://www.smartcompany.com.au/internet/20100324-google-yahoo-attack-government-s-internet-filtering-plans.html

By: Carl

Carl — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:52:46 +0000

New Zealand relies on BGP router protocol to filter the ‘Net
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/03/new-zealand-relies-on-bgp-router-protocol-to-filter-the-net.ars

By: Carl

Carl — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:17:15 +0000

Opposition grows to internet filter
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/opposition-grows-to-internet-filter-20100224-p3ma.html

By: Carl

Carl — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 01:24:11 +0000

Google and Yahoo! join Oz protests
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/02/16/google_yahoo_australia_firewall/

Google and Yahoo raise doubts over planned net filters
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8517829.stm

By: Carl

Carl — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 21:30:16 +0000

Pakistan, Iran, and… Australia? Let’s censor Google!
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/02/pakistan-iran-australia-lets-censor-google.ars

By: Carl

Carl — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 11:59:48 +0000

Australian government admits national Internet censorship filter will not work, so tries to pressure Google to censor Youtube…..
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/google-baulks-at-conroys-call-to-censor-youtube-20100211-ntm0.html

By: Carl

Carl — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 06:51:55 +0000

Australian Websites fade to black in censorship protest
Hundreds of websites joined an Australia Day “internet blackout” today to protest against the Government’s web censorship agenda, but even the internet industry body believes it will do little to lessen the Government’s resolve.
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/websites-fade-to-black-in-censorship-protest-20100126-mvsw.html

Internet filter ‘poses threat to freedom’
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/01/26/2801759.htm

By: Carl

Carl — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 23:05:25 +0000

Net censorship move a smokescreen: expert
One of Australia’s top communications experts says the Government’s internet censorship trials were designed to succeed from the outset, presented no new information and are now being used by the Government to further its political agenda
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/net-censorship-move-a-smokescreen-expert-20091216-kw7d.html

Testing of Conroy’s internet filter flawed: expert
A senior ISP engineer says the government’s internet filter was never tested at high speed, nor did it meet the government’s own performance benchmark.
http://apcmag.com/testing-of-conroys-internet-filter-was-flawed-expert-.htm

ISP Filtering Doomed To Failure
Australian technology experts group SAGE-AU warns that the government’s new ISP filtering laws will fail because the technology was only tested on slow broadband services.
http://www.smarthouse.com.au/Content_And_Downloads/Industry/F8K8X4K2