items tagged with Filtering
iiNet pulls out of "fundamentally flawed" filtering trial
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: ExchangeDaily
2009-03-22 20:58:18
The government's planned trial of ISP side Internet filtering has suffered a severe setback with one of Australia's largest ISPs, iiNet, backing out of an early offer to participate in the planned trials citing constant changes in the policy, confused explanations of the purpose of the trial and revelations regarding the supposed 'blacklist'.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: ExchangeDaily
2009-03-22 20:58:18
The government's planned trial of ISP side Internet filtering has suffered a severe setback with one of Australia's largest ISPs, iiNet, backing out of an early offer to participate in the planned trials citing constant changes in the policy, confused explanations of the purpose of the trial and revelations regarding the supposed 'blacklist'.
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Wikileaks threatens Conroy with criminal prosecution
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2009-03-20 00:10:14
Anti-censorship site Wikileaks has threatened Australian Communications Minister Senator Stephen Conroy with criminal prosecution if he attempts to discover the source of its leaked Australian Internet blacklist. Wikileaks says that under Swedish law it is a criminal offence to try to breach confidentiality agreements between the press and sources.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2009-03-20 00:10:14
Anti-censorship site Wikileaks has threatened Australian Communications Minister Senator Stephen Conroy with criminal prosecution if he attempts to discover the source of its leaked Australian Internet blacklist. Wikileaks says that under Swedish law it is a criminal offence to try to breach confidentiality agreements between the press and sources.
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Conroy's climate of fear
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2009-03-19 09:07:49
I don't know about you but I'm old enough to remember a time when classic works of fiction such as D H Lawrence's Lady Chatterley's Lover were banned from publication. After the permissive era of the late 1960s and 1970s, I never thought I would see those days return. I was wrong.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2009-03-19 09:07:49
I don't know about you but I'm old enough to remember a time when classic works of fiction such as D H Lawrence's Lady Chatterley's Lover were banned from publication. After the permissive era of the late 1960s and 1970s, I never thought I would see those days return. I was wrong.
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Communications ministers: absence makes the heart grow fonder?
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Regulatory
2009-03-01 23:46:54
Time heals all wounds, they say. It certainly does wonders for the reputations of Australian federal communications ministers.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Regulatory
2009-03-01 23:46:54
Time heals all wounds, they say. It certainly does wonders for the reputations of Australian federal communications ministers.
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Survey suggests no mandate for Internet filter
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2009-03-01 22:42:44
Only a tiny minority of Labor voters support the federal government's proposals for mandatory Internet filtering, according to a survey.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2009-03-01 22:42:44
Only a tiny minority of Labor voters support the federal government's proposals for mandatory Internet filtering, according to a survey.
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Fence sitting IIA refuses to speak out against Internet filtering
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2009-02-28 17:30:44
The Internet Industry Association, the peak body representing the major Internet players in Australia, including the ISPs, has once again refused to take a stand against the Australian Government's attack on Internet freedom. A question must now be raised over whose interests the IIA truly represents.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2009-02-28 17:30:44
The Internet Industry Association, the peak body representing the major Internet players in Australia, including the ISPs, has once again refused to take a stand against the Australian Government's attack on Internet freedom. A question must now be raised over whose interests the IIA truly represents.
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Offensive words list released for use with spam filters in fight to protect children
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Spam
2009-02-24 02:14:15
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Spam
2009-02-24 02:14:15
Message Partners has just released into the public domain for use with spam filters, what it claims is the world’s most extensive offensive language list, including hundreds of thousands of permutations of sexually explicit language.
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Is ISP blocking the answer to child porn?
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Regulatory
2009-02-23 17:34:22
Some 95 percent of all UK ISPs filter known child abuse sites, yet that leaves a huge number still able to access some horrific images.
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Regulatory
2009-02-23 17:34:22
Some 95 percent of all UK ISPs filter known child abuse sites, yet that leaves a huge number still able to access some horrific images.
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Senator Conroy joins CeBIT Hannover 2009 delegation
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news
Category: E-Government
2009-02-23 06:56:32
Federal Communications Minister, Senator Stephen Conroy, will hot foot it over to Germany next month to be part of a high-powered Australian delegation to visit the world's largest technology fair CeBIT in Hannover.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news
Category: E-Government
2009-02-23 06:56:32
Federal Communications Minister, Senator Stephen Conroy, will hot foot it over to Germany next month to be part of a high-powered Australian delegation to visit the world's largest technology fair CeBIT in Hannover.
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Internet users don't want to be filtered
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Technology feature
Category: Enterprise
2009-02-22 14:16:58
A survey of 1500 Internet users has found a majority opposed to government-mandated ISP-side filtering of the Internet, and widespread belief that such filtering will not be possible.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Technology feature
Category: Enterprise
2009-02-22 14:16:58
A survey of 1500 Internet users has found a majority opposed to government-mandated ISP-side filtering of the Internet, and widespread belief that such filtering will not be possible.
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Internet filtering trial exposed as a Government sham?
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Technology feature
Category: Enterprise
2009-02-12 05:44:51
Communications Minister Senator Stephen Conroy seems to be trying to increase the depth of the hole he's digging with his much maligned Internet content filtering trial. The content filtering scheme and the trial are already widely unpopular but Senator Conroy is stretching the bounds of credibility by restricting the ISPs taking part to mostly bit players.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Technology feature
Category: Enterprise
2009-02-12 05:44:51
Communications Minister Senator Stephen Conroy seems to be trying to increase the depth of the hole he's digging with his much maligned Internet content filtering trial. The content filtering scheme and the trial are already widely unpopular but Senator Conroy is stretching the bounds of credibility by restricting the ISPs taking part to mostly bit players.
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Conroy announces first filterers and not a big one in sight
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Technology feature
Category: Enterprise
2009-02-11 06:13:44
Communications minister Stephen Conroy has named the first six ISPs that will take part in the Government's trial of ISP side content filtering, and only one of them comes from the top ten.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Technology feature
Category: Enterprise
2009-02-11 06:13:44
Communications minister Stephen Conroy has named the first six ISPs that will take part in the Government's trial of ISP side content filtering, and only one of them comes from the top ten.
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Conroy touts safer net as critics continue to lambast net filtering
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Technology feature
Category: Enterprise
2009-02-10 00:14:26
Each time Australia's Minister for Broadband and Communications, Senator Stephen Conroy, continues to push his agenda for a safer Internet, his message gets muffled against a growing chorus of opponents of his proposed net filtering scheme. This time it happens to be Safer Internet Day 2009.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Technology feature
Category: Enterprise
2009-02-10 00:14:26
Each time Australia's Minister for Broadband and Communications, Senator Stephen Conroy, continues to push his agenda for a safer Internet, his message gets muffled against a growing chorus of opponents of his proposed net filtering scheme. This time it happens to be Safer Internet Day 2009.
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Conroy cans Coonan's free net filtering scheme
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2009-01-13 00:22:50
The Australian Labor Government has closed the programme established by the previous Coalition Government which gave all Australian families access to a free PC-based Internet content filter under its NetAlert initiative.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2009-01-13 00:22:50
The Australian Labor Government has closed the programme established by the previous Coalition Government which gave all Australian families access to a free PC-based Internet content filter under its NetAlert initiative.
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Internet filter trials delayed, P2P now included!
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-12-24 04:02:17
Although due to begin on or before the 24th of December 2008, Australia’s draconian Internet content filter trials have now been postponed until mid-January 2009, with peer-to-peer and BitTorrent traffic filtering also set to be performed. Here’s an idea – delay to trial all right – but to mid-Jan, 2099!
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-12-24 04:02:17
Although due to begin on or before the 24th of December 2008, Australia’s draconian Internet content filter trials have now been postponed until mid-January 2009, with peer-to-peer and BitTorrent traffic filtering also set to be performed. Here’s an idea – delay to trial all right – but to mid-Jan, 2099!
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Conroy, don’t keep the Internet filtering trials secret: Minchin
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2008-12-23 20:35:43
The raging Australian Internet filtering war keeps on hotting up, with the Shadow Minister for Communications demanding that the Internet filtering trial, already put back to mid-January, must not remain secret – and must have a totally independent audit.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2008-12-23 20:35:43
The raging Australian Internet filtering war keeps on hotting up, with the Shadow Minister for Communications demanding that the Internet filtering trial, already put back to mid-January, must not remain secret – and must have a totally independent audit.
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Opposition scores win over ISP filter report release?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2008-12-23 01:29:01
Earlier this morning, Australian Shadow Minister for Communications, Senator Nick Minchin, put out a press release accusing the Minister for Communications, Senator Stephen Conroy, of “burying” a report into ISP filtering – but surprise, surprise, the report is now available for anyone to read.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2008-12-23 01:29:01
Earlier this morning, Australian Shadow Minister for Communications, Senator Nick Minchin, put out a press release accusing the Minister for Communications, Senator Stephen Conroy, of “burying” a report into ISP filtering – but surprise, surprise, the report is now available for anyone to read.
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Aussie System Admin Guild says NO to net filtering
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2008-12-19 04:32:36
The System Administrators Guild of Australia (SAGE-AU) has sent an open letter to Australia’s Minister for Communications, stating that it is “unable to support the Federal Government’s proposed Internet filtering initiative”, explaining the reasons why and outlining its “significant concerns”.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2008-12-19 04:32:36
The System Administrators Guild of Australia (SAGE-AU) has sent an open letter to Australia’s Minister for Communications, stating that it is “unable to support the Federal Government’s proposed Internet filtering initiative”, explaining the reasons why and outlining its “significant concerns”.
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Internet content filtering – time for the great debate
Written By: author
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2008-12-16 04:47:43
Filtering and censoring the Internet has never been more in the news in Australia, as our Government seriously contemplates the equivalent of a “Great Firewall” at each ISP. Although the reasons sound pure, so as to protect Australians from child pornography, civil libertarians and free thinking Aussies wonder what would be censored next, and how far we can trust any government. A debate on the 19th of December will be webcast – and everyone’s invited.
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Written By: author
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2008-12-16 04:47:43
Filtering and censoring the Internet has never been more in the news in Australia, as our Government seriously contemplates the equivalent of a “Great Firewall” at each ISP. Although the reasons sound pure, so as to protect Australians from child pornography, civil libertarians and free thinking Aussies wonder what would be censored next, and how far we can trust any government. A debate on the 19th of December will be webcast – and everyone’s invited.
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Conroy’s Christmas TV crusade: may it be digitally merry
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-12-12 01:00:06
Australia’s Minister for Broadband, Senator Stephen Conroy, has taken time out from politics’ silly season to encourage Australians to “enjoy a Digital TV Christmas”. It's a handy distraction and channel change from the Internet filtering debate!
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-12-12 01:00:06
Australia’s Minister for Broadband, Senator Stephen Conroy, has taken time out from politics’ silly season to encourage Australians to “enjoy a Digital TV Christmas”. It's a handy distraction and channel change from the Internet filtering debate!
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