GetUp Launches Campaign Against Clean Feed

Angus Kidman

Published 12 years ago: November 28, 2008 at 1:30 pm -

GetUp Launches Campaign Against Clean Feed

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Concerned about the proposal to impose clean feed Internet on all Australians? Activist group GetUp has launched a ‘Save The Net’ campaign to help citizens protest against the plan, including an email petition and a useful factsheet on why the plan is so deeply, deeply flawed.

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Angus has been writing professionally about technology since 1994 and breaking it for even longer. He is based in Sydney but spends a frankly unhealthy portion of his life on the road, tracking down the latest stories. In 2011, he won the IT Journo Award For Best Consumer Technology Journalist and Consensus IT Writers Award for Best Technical Writer for his work on Lifehacker; about time too.

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Alvin Rubyono says:

November 28, 2008 at 3:37 pm

For those wanting to join but can’t be bothered to Google GetUp!, here’s the direct link:

http://www.getup.org.au/campaign/SaveTheNet

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Brad Colbourne says:

November 28, 2008 at 5:02 pm

Mate you forgot to actually post the URL 🙂
http://www.getup.org.au/campaign/SaveTheNet

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Angus Kidman says:

November 28, 2008 at 5:50 pm

D’oh! Was too busy signing the petition . . . fixed now.

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david of n.s.w says:

December 2, 2008 at 1:13 am

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says he will raise concerns with the Chinese Government about internet censorship during the Olympics. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is concerned by the censorship stance in Beijing rudd thinks this is good for australia when person is incompetent they try to hide it could this be the reason.

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