items tagged with ACMA
EFA receives a 'Take Down' notice
Written By: David Heath
Section: Whiskey Tango Foxtrot!
Category: All things technical
2009-05-05 07:11:07
Earlier today, the ISP hosting the Electronic Frontiers Australia website was served with a "Final Link-Deletion Notice" – Australia's equivalent of a "take-down notice" by the ACMA.
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Written By: David Heath
Section: Whiskey Tango Foxtrot!
Category: All things technical
2009-05-05 07:11:07
Earlier today, the ISP hosting the Electronic Frontiers Australia website was served with a "Final Link-Deletion Notice" – Australia's equivalent of a "take-down notice" by the ACMA.
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Heaven for the Filter Crowd
Written By: David Heath
Section: Whiskey Tango Foxtrot!
Category: All things technical
2009-04-06 22:06:47
So, you wondered how the ACMA was going to stop WikiLeaks being the publisher-of-choice for the latest version of the 'blacklist?' Wonder no more.
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Written By: David Heath
Section: Whiskey Tango Foxtrot!
Category: All things technical
2009-04-06 22:06:47
So, you wondered how the ACMA was going to stop WikiLeaks being the publisher-of-choice for the latest version of the 'blacklist?' Wonder no more.
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Telstra introducing new SMS safeguards for customers
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Services
2009-04-05 06:14:43
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Services
2009-04-05 06:14:43
Telstra is to introduce additional measures which it says will safeguard its customers from unintentional subscriptions to premium SMS services.
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SAGE-AU: Ditch compulsory Net filter, ‘it’s a botch’!
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology Industry
Category: Deals & Wheels - Government
2009-03-25 08:17:27
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology Industry
Category: Deals & Wheels - Government
2009-03-25 08:17:27
There’s been a warning that publication of the Federal Government’s “black list” of pornographic and violent websites has fatally damaged its proposed compulsory Internet filtering regime.
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Newsflash: German Wikileaks Domain Owner Raided At Home - ACMA Leak Blamed
Written By: David Heath
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2009-03-24 18:35:49
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Written By: David Heath
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2009-03-24 18:35:49
Early reports indicate that the home of the German WikiLeaks Domain owner has been raided by police investigating the ACMA list leak.
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Conroy's Blacklist is Getting Blacker
Written By: David Heath
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2009-03-23 20:20:42
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Written By: David Heath
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2009-03-23 20:20:42
It had to happen; the ACMA is getting so irritated by the endless leaks of the Internet Blacklist that WikiLeaks servers are starting to appear in the list.
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Leak reveals Internet filtering blacklist open to abuse
Written By: Adam Turner
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2009-03-19 00:47:12
The Telstra-owned Yellow Pages online directory is just one of more than 40 sites which faces fines of up to $11,000 per day for linking to the website of Maroochy Boarding Kennels - wrongly included on Australia's secret list of banned websites .
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Written By: Adam Turner
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2009-03-19 00:47:12
The Telstra-owned Yellow Pages online directory is just one of more than 40 sites which faces fines of up to $11,000 per day for linking to the website of Maroochy Boarding Kennels - wrongly included on Australia's secret list of banned websites .
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Mobile premium services industry tries to put its house in order
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2009-03-18 00:33:00
Communications Alliance has finalised the Mobile Premium Services Industry Code, and this Thursday will submit it to the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) for registration. But it's not good enough.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2009-03-18 00:33:00
Communications Alliance has finalised the Mobile Premium Services Industry Code, and this Thursday will submit it to the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) for registration. But it's not good enough.
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Internet users told to take responsibility for safety
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: ExchangeDaily
2009-03-10 15:12:10
The ACMA has told Australia's Internet users that they need to be more pro-active in protecting themselves online. However its conclusion could be seized on to support the argument for ISP based filtering.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: ExchangeDaily
2009-03-10 15:12:10
The ACMA has told Australia's Internet users that they need to be more pro-active in protecting themselves online. However its conclusion could be seized on to support the argument for ISP based filtering.
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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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Telcos are the worst for breaching do-not-call rules
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2009-01-15 15:22:50
The ACMA says that telecommunications companies are responsible for 55 percent of complaints from people who have listed their phone numbers on the do-not-call register in order to avoid unsolicited telemarketing calls.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2009-01-15 15:22:50
The ACMA says that telecommunications companies are responsible for 55 percent of complaints from people who have listed their phone numbers on the do-not-call register in order to avoid unsolicited telemarketing calls.
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Optus cops massive ACMA fine for spamming
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2009-01-13 22:40:58
Australia's second largest carrier, Optus, has achieved a status previously only attained by shonky email marketers: it has been stung by the ACMA with a large fine - the second largest penalty ever imposed - for breaches of the Spam Act.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2009-01-13 22:40:58
Australia's second largest carrier, Optus, has achieved a status previously only attained by shonky email marketers: it has been stung by the ACMA with a large fine - the second largest penalty ever imposed - for breaches of the Spam Act.
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SMS spammers face Federal Court
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2009-01-13 17:16:29
Three companies and a number of individuals face legal action over SMS spamming and other breaches of federal legislation.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2009-01-13 17:16:29
Three companies and a number of individuals face legal action over SMS spamming and other breaches of federal legislation.
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ACMA moots tightening the rules covering VoIP phone numbers.
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2008-12-20 00:56:43
If you live out the back of Wup-Wup and want a CBD phone number that's no problem with today's VoIP services but the ACMA says that geographic phone numbers should reflect the location of the service to which they relate. It's also unhappy with a number of other aspects of telephone numbering for VoIP services and is canvassing changing the rules.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2008-12-20 00:56:43
If you live out the back of Wup-Wup and want a CBD phone number that's no problem with today's VoIP services but the ACMA says that geographic phone numbers should reflect the location of the service to which they relate. It's also unhappy with a number of other aspects of telephone numbering for VoIP services and is canvassing changing the rules.
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Australian emergency callers will be answered by a recording
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Services
2008-12-19 23:58:41
Callers to Australia's 000 emergency number will be answered by a recording rather than a human operator, a move which the Australian Communications and Media Authority says will reduce the number of spurious calls that 000 operators have to handle.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Services
2008-12-19 23:58:41
Callers to Australia's 000 emergency number will be answered by a recording rather than a human operator, a move which the Australian Communications and Media Authority says will reduce the number of spurious calls that 000 operators have to handle.
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New code to clobber mobile premium SMS scammers
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2008-11-10 19:17:06
A new code of conduct for the provision of mobile premium services should make it much more difficult for unscrupulous operators to con consumers into signing up to subscription services for ringtones, wallpapers, horoscopes etc delivered as SMS or MMS messages with weekly or monthly fees charged to their mobile phone account.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2008-11-10 19:17:06
A new code of conduct for the provision of mobile premium services should make it much more difficult for unscrupulous operators to con consumers into signing up to subscription services for ringtones, wallpapers, horoscopes etc delivered as SMS or MMS messages with weekly or monthly fees charged to their mobile phone account.
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Mandatory Content Filtering in Australia
Written By: David Heath
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2008-10-23 22:54:09
Like it or not, Australia’s Nanny-government is about to filter your Internet connection. I suggest you get angry, in fact I suggest you get VERY ANGRY.
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Written By: David Heath
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2008-10-23 22:54:09
Like it or not, Australia’s Nanny-government is about to filter your Internet connection. I suggest you get angry, in fact I suggest you get VERY ANGRY.
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Long term evolution promising 100Mbps on 3G, but
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2008-08-29 01:49:20
3G cellular vendors are confidently predicting commercial availability in 2009 of the technology's next great leap forward, the long term evolution (LTE) and touting download speeds of up to 100Mbps but this will require access to new spectrum, which might be a problem.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2008-08-29 01:49:20
3G cellular vendors are confidently predicting commercial availability in 2009 of the technology's next great leap forward, the long term evolution (LTE) and touting download speeds of up to 100Mbps but this will require access to new spectrum, which might be a problem.
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Sysadmins slam ACMA web filtering study
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2008-07-31 04:31:42
The System Administrators Guild of Australia has criticised the Australian Communications and Media Authority's report on ISP-level content filtering, questioning its relevance to real-world conditions. A major objection is that the ACMA tests did not align with the actual bandwidth expected and demanded by today's Internet users.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2008-07-31 04:31:42
The System Administrators Guild of Australia has criticised the Australian Communications and Media Authority's report on ISP-level content filtering, questioning its relevance to real-world conditions. A major objection is that the ACMA tests did not align with the actual bandwidth expected and demanded by today's Internet users.
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Online content to be rated like movies
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2008-07-16 01:45:04
Australian providers of content - delivered over the Internet or to mobile devices - that would likely be rated MA15+ if it were in a movie - will have to have that content assessed and classified by trained assessors under a new industry code.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2008-07-16 01:45:04
Australian providers of content - delivered over the Internet or to mobile devices - that would likely be rated MA15+ if it were in a movie - will have to have that content assessed and classified by trained assessors under a new industry code.
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