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Senator Conroy doesn't want small boobs on the web! Censorship: Labor's hidden policy - ABC - The Drum commentary
Labor's internet filtering policy isn't being discussed in the run-up to the election but its impact on Australia is significant. Championed by Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, the $30million+ filter is being sold by Labor as an internet block for child pornography, bestiality and extreme pornography with 'wide ranging support from the Australian...
July, 21 2010 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
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Internet filter...no, censorship...no, Internet Big Spend!
Unregulated internet not an option: Conroy - iTWire Leaving the online world as an unregulated distribution medium actually "weakens all that is good about the internet," Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has told the Sydney Institute in a detailed defence of the Rudd Government's digital policy agenda. via itwire.com Internet filter not censorship: Conroy Senator Conroy said ISP level filtering alone was not enough to help fight child pornography or keep...
April, 17 2010 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
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No penalty for bypassing Conroy's internet filter - News.com.au
The Government was aware that tech-savvy people were likely to find a way around the filter, the spokesperson said. "The independent report on the ISP-level filtering pilot trial found that technically competent people could circumvent filtering technologies," they said. "Under the Government’s policy it will not be an offence to circumvent the filtering measures or to show someone how to circumvent." Mr Wood said the internet filter didn't address many of the "real" problems...
April, 16 2010 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
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Another roof-insulation-disaster waiting to happen?
NBN roll-out slammed over power lines Posted 35 minutes ago The roll-out of the Federal Government's national broadband network (NBN) in Tasmania has been criticised for its heavy reliance on overhead power lines. The NBN company says about 70 per cent of homes in the first three Tasmanian towns to form the network will be connected by overhead power lines. The Federal Government and Telstra are still trying to strike a deal on rental charges for underground tunnels and...
March, 24 2010 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
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Filtering works - like tripping over old ladies at the intersection!
RESULTS of a federal government trial show that live ISP-level content filtering does not have a negative impact on network performance and can work in a real-time environment. However, a highly anticipated report based on the pilot is still weeks away and the federal Opposition says the government can not be trusted to deliver on the $43 billion national broadband network when the goalpost keeps shifting for a mere $300,000 filtering trial. "The trial shows that filtering...
October, 1 2009 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
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Everything old is new again for internet-weary young adults
By Stephen Lunn The Australian July 14, 2009 12:01am Better connections ... young Australians want more face-to-face time with friends and family / Lindsay Moller Gen Y culture shift Study reveals a "new nostalgia" Young Australians crave less complex times NEXT thing you know, all the young men will be using Brylcream, the girls will be in bobby sox...
July, 13 2009 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
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It’s kind of like a World of Warcraft quest except instead of winning
t’s kind of like a World of Warcraft quest except instead of winning the Magical-Shield-of-Reckoning it ends with blow-j0bs and unfettered access to the internet via thebloggess.com Agree whole heartedly, unfortunately, at 8pm "Central" - assuming this is US time, on Friday - I won't have an opportunity to give anyone a...oh never mind...I will probably be asleep! Oh well, such is life ;) Sylvestor www.twitter.com/Sylvestor
June, 5 2009 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
Me and my profession
