censorship
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Australia Still A Potential ‘Enemy Of The Internet’
4Australia hasn’t yet seen a blogger die in custody (that was Bahrain) or had a major internet service provider deliberately redirect users onto pages featuring malware (that was Belarus). However, internet censorship rules still see Australia featuring on the ‘Enemies Of The Internet’ list of countries produced by Reporters Without Borders.
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Australian Government Asked Google For User Data 345 Times In Six Months
Google has been issuing transparency reports detailing government requests to have content removed for a while now. The latest instalment promises more detail, including when governments have asked for individual user data. For Australia, the number of removal requests has dropped, but there were 345 requests for individual user information between July and December 2010,…
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Internet Filter Delayed Until At Least 2013
We’ve known since mid-year that the ludicrous Internet filter concept was on the backburner pending a classification review. Based on current plans, that means there’ll probably be no chance to introduce it before 2013.
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Tech-Savvy Voters Reject The Filter
Remember that poll we featured a week or so ago asking if you’d vote for a party which supports the Labor Internet filter? Having run on 17 Australian technology sites, the poll is now closed and the results are clear: virtually no-one wants to vote for the filter.