Posts Tagged with "internet"

Australian Government Targets Gamers

Sunday, June 28, 2009

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Stephen Conroy the Australian Communications Minister, has been nominated by the British ISP industry for its annual “internet villain” award. Senator Conroy was nominated for the annual internet villain award “for continuing to promote network-level blocking despite significant national and…

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Brisbane internet censorship protest

Sunday, December 14, 2008

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Went to the Brisbane internet censorship protest yesterday, the video below from the ABC says that there was around 200 people there. It was a very hot sunny day. Overall I think everyone had a good time, the speakers were…

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Act Now! Stop Censorship in Australia

Monday, December 8, 2008

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On Saturday the 13th of December throughout Australia, activists will take to the streets to demonstrate against the governments proposed censorship of the Internet. The Electronic Freedom Project, which describes itself as “dedicated to protecting the freedoms of Australians on-line”, is staging…

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GetUp!

Monday, December 1, 2008

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GetUp is an independent community advocacy organisation which aims to give every Australian a voice with regards to political and governmental issues. They have started an online petition ‘Save The Net’ to try and put a stop to the proposed internet filter, if…

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Filter Fiasco

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

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Communications Minister Stephen Conroy is determined to push on with his plans to force Internet Service Providers to censor the Internet for all Australians. This clean-feed will be mandatory in all homes and schools across the country. The filter will supposedly censor material that is…

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