Australian Internet Filtering

Media Coverage

Some duplicates exist due to the nature of the media industry.

2006

• A study on server based internet filters | Performance Graphs - NetAlert - 2006
• Giants say no to porn filter trial - AustralianIT - 18 Apr 2006

2007

• Conroy announces mandatory internet filters to protect children - ABC - 31 Dec 2007

Early 2008

• Australia's plans to filter Internet under fire - The Age - 02 Jan 2008
• Stephen Conroy wades into child porn net flood - AustralianIT - 08 Jan 2008
• Web porn software filter a dud - The Age - 17 Feb 2008
• Costs threaten NetAlert - AustralianIT - 26 Feb 2008
• Govt sticks to guns on internet porn filters - ABC - 06 Mar 2008
• The slippery slope towards internet censorship continues - Crikey - 21 Sep 2008

13-20 October 2008

• No opt-out of filtered Internet - Computerworld - 13 Oct 2008
• No opt-out of filtered Internet - http://webwereld.nl/articles/53127/no-opt-out-of-filtered-internet.html webwereld (Netherlands) - 14 Oct 2008
• Interview With Media Contact For Senator the Hon Stephen Conroy Regarding Australian Internet Filter - Tech Wired Australia - 17 Oct 2008
• Oz watchdogs howl over 'Cyber-Safety' net filter - The Register - 17 Oct 2008
• Australian Internet Filtering Plan Gets More Ridiculous - Broadband DSLReports.com - 17 Oct 2008
• Australia embraces web censorship - Global Voices Advocacy - 17 Oct 2008
• And the Wankley Award goes to ... Conroy's net filtering scheme - Crikey
• Australia to get mandatory internet filter - Guru3d - 18 Oct 2008
• Hansard 20/10/08 Committee Transcript - Fingerpuppetmafia aph.gov.au - 20 Oct 2008

23-24 October 2008

• Australian Government Censorship 'Worse Than Iran' - Slashdot
• The high price of internet filtering - ABC - 24 Oct 2008
• Filtering out the fury: how government tried to gag web censor critics - SMH - 24 Oct 2008
• Read this while you can | Andrew Bolt blog - Herald Sun - 24 Oct 2008
• Australian Govt's Plan to Censor the Internet is stricter than 'Iran' - Zero Paid
• Aussie government now censors Web critics - Fudzilla - 24 Oct 2008

25-27 October 2008

• Australia trials national net filters - BBC - 25 Oct 2008
• Australia trials Internet filtering - what happened to person choice? - TECH.BLORGE.com 26 Oct 2008
• Let's just file that idea away under naivety - SMH - 27 Oct 2008
• Net filters may block porn and gambling sites - The Age - 27 Oct 2008
• SAGE-AU defends right to criticise content filtering - IT News - 27 Oct 2008
• Who censures the censor? | Simon Hackett - Business Spectator - 27 Oct 2008
• Conroy filter gag sparks sysadmin rage - ZDNet Australia - 27 Oct 2008
• Minister under fire: IT Professionals say net filtering won't work - ITWire - 27 Oct 2008
• Stranglehold on the internet - AdelaideNow - 27 Oct 2008
• Interview with ‘Bullied’ Network Engineer on Australian Gov’t Net Filters - Network Performance Blog - 27 Oct 2008
• Australia readies mandatory Internet filter - The Argosy - 27 Oct 2008
• Freedom of speech depends on the right choices | Editorial - The Age
• Filtering out our freedom - Adelaide Now
• Australia now wants to ban Internet porn - The Inquirer - 27 Oct 2008
• Proposed Aussie Bans Generating Heat - Online-Casinos.com
• Push to censor online gambling, porn - LiveNews - 27 Oct 2008

28 October 2008

• SAGE-AU defends right to criticise content filtering - CRN Australia
• Editorial | Freedom of speech depends on the right choices - The Age - 28 Oct 2008
• Australia's Internet filter: could legal content be banned, too? - Ars Technica - 28 Oct 2008
• Greens, independents cautious on Conroy's proposed Internet filters - CommsDay.com

29 October 2008

• Is internet censorship ever ok? - 7 Sunrise - 29 Oct 2008
• Australia's compulsory internet filtering 'costly, ineffective' - News.com.au - 29 Oct 2008
• Australia's compulsory internet filtering 'costly, ineffective' - AustralianIT
• In Australia's muddy Internet waters, you don't know what's being filtered - IT World Canada - 29(28) Oct 2008
• All stars - internet censorship | 7 Sunrise - 7 Sunrise (Video)
• No opting out of Australian plan to censor websites - Courier Mail
• Australian internet filter to be compulsory - perth now
• New internet filter imposed on all web surfers - Courier mail
• Australia to implement mandatory internet censorship - Herald Sun
• Adult Australians don't need a net nanny - Courier Mail
• Tech giants join move to protect freedom of speech online - SMH
• The push to gag the internet - Same Same 29 Oct 2008
• Senator Conroy responds to net filter fears - 7 Sunrise
• Q&A: Clearswift CTO - ZDNet Australia
• Here comes the filternet - MCV
• Internet censorship fears - Sydney Star Observer (SSO)
• EFA's Dale Clapperton on Sunrise - 7 Sunrise (YouTube)
• 3AW | Media Talk on Internet censorship | Derryn Hinch - 3AW (Windows Media Audio)
• Democracy and censorship - SMH - 29 Oct 2008
• Australia Plans to Block online casinos - Online Casino News
• In Australia's muddy Internet waters, you don't know what's being filtered - ITWorld Canada
• Australia Plans Internet Filters to Block Online Casinos and More - Online Casino Advisory
• Australian push to block porn and gambling sites - Legalbrief Today (South Africa)
• Australia readies mandatory Internet filter - The Argosy (Canada)
• SAGE-AU calls for open talk on internet censorship - Electronics News
• Internet filter to cause World Wide Wait for Aussies - Courier Mail
• Internet censorship is draconian | Editorial - Courier Mail
• Net filter an assault on freedom that just won't work - Courier Mail
• The great firewall of Australia - Excalibur Web edition (Canada)

30 October 2008

• National Firewalls A Step On Slipper Slope to Censorship - New York Times - 29(30) Oct 2008
• Filter to cause World Wide Wait - Australian IT
• Australia to implement mandatory internet censorship - Boot Daily
• Internet Gambling May be Censored in Australia - Poker News Daily - 29(30) Oct 2008
• Internet screening move hits hurdle - The Age The Age (tech) WA Today SMH
• Jonathan Kay: When did the Australians become such weenies? - National Post (Canada)
• The perplexing Internet debate | Mark Newton - ON LINE opinion
• The Great Firewall of Thailand - CNET Asia
• Speeches wiped off ALP website - News.com.au
• The Great Firewall of Australia | Stephen Conroy - ABC mediareport (Audio/Transcript)
• Surmounting the Great Firewall of Australia - PC World

Blogs

• Senator Kate Lundy | Internet content Parent Education is the key - Kate Lundy blog - 19 March 2003
• Australia's Clean Feed Broken | Posters - Off Topic with Ashley
• More developments on internet filtering: the religious connection | Evolving Thoughts: John S. Wilkins - Evolving Thoughts

Mention Worthy Quotes

"It is not the function of Government to keep the citizen from falling into error; it is the function of the citizen to keep the Government from falling into error."
- Robert H. Jackson (1892-1954), U.S. Judge

"Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety deserve neither Liberty nor Safety"
- Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), American Statesman

Censorship is the tool of those who have the need to hide actualities from themselves and others. Their fear is only their inability to face what is real. Somewhere in their upbringing they were shielded against the total facts of our experience. They were only taught to look one way when many ways exist.
Charles Bukowski

"The press is easier to strangle than to look in the eyes."
-- Winston Churchill

"All censorships exist to prevent any one from challenging current conceptions and existing institutions. All progress is initiated by challenging current conceptions, and executed by supplanting existing institutions. Consequently the first condition of progress is the removal of censorships."
-- George Bernard Shaw

"Fear of corrupting the mind of the younger generation is the loftiest of cowardice."
-- Holbrook Jackson