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Internet Censorship BlogThe LatestPosted by Jillian Kramer, May 11th, 2010Thanks to your efforts and huge grassroots opposition, the Government has finally blinked on internet filtering. Reports suggest that their plan to censor the internet has been shelved until after the election. The campaign isn't over yet, but we've put together this action-packed... Time to Pull The Plug On Internet FilteringPosted by Eliza Cussen, April 30th, 2010Stephen Conroy's been sounding defensive lately. Recently, he got called into the boss' office for a raking over the delayed roll-out of the national broadband network. Then he felt compelled to argue point-for-point with a 22 year old campaigner (ie me) over the deeply flawed design of the... The Latest - 16th of December 2009Posted by Jillian Kramer, December 16th, 2009Stephen Conroy has announced that his Government is going ahead with plans to censor internet traffic. Despite criticism from the public, industry experts and child protection groups, our online freedom could be handed over to an unaccountable government body. There may be no way of knowing what... Friday 25th September 2009 - The LatestPosted by holly golightly, September 25th, 2009This week GetUp members sent the Government a strong message to stop Internet censorship. With over 114,987 signatures our petition against mandatory Internet filtering it is one of the largest gathered in Australian history. Thanks to your donations, we were able to put it on page 6 of The... Wednesday 23rd July 2009 - The LatestPosted by Brie Rogers Lowery, July 23rd, 2009Good, clean internet censorship? Despite a minor setback with Qantas, our 'Censordyne' ad has run on Seven News, Sky News and will continue to show on Meet the Press. Thanks for chipping in to make it possible! Check out the media coverage on the ad here! Senator Conroy who is proposing the... |
Internet CensorshipThe Federal Government is planning to force all Australian servers to filter internet traffic and block any material the Government deems ‘inappropriate’. Sign the petition to tell the Government that to dump the plans for internet censorship.
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