Stories about Censorship

China delays Net filtering; Australia sticks to its guns
As China backs off from controversial PC filtering plans, Australia is looking to expand its censorship net, with plans to ban computer games too.
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Conroy up for sale on eBay
It may be a bit late for April Fools, but Ebay member "Krudd53" has put the beleaguered Minister for Internet Censorship, Senator Stephen Conroy, up for auction.
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iiNet out of Rudd/Conroy net filtering trial
iiNet has announced that it has pulled out of the government's controversial internet filtering pilot.
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HOW TO: Access US only sites from Australia
Ever wondered how you can access US only Internet sites from Australia? It's easy, and free.
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Internet filters for idiots
Late last night, APC was approached by the Rudd Government's department-of-leaking-stuff-to-the-opposition with secret details of the net filtering plan.
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BREAKING: Internet filter to go live… without iiNet or Optus
Australia's second and third largest ISPs, Optus and iiNet, won't be included in the government's internet filter test upon its launch.
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"Scrap the internet filter, give the cash to bushfire survivors"
Members of the online community are calling for the government to scrap the unpopular government internet filter and give the $44 million to bushfire survivors.
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US dumps unpopular internet filter plan
Even before a change of president, US government officials have realised that trying to block porn online is a bad way of trying to enhance the Internet. Anyone wanna tell Conroy?
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CHRISTMAS SHOCK: Australian government to trial P2P filters
The Rudd government didn't tell voters before the election, but now it has revealed it will filter illegal P2P transfers at a government level as part of its ISP filtering plan.
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IN PICTURES: hundreds protest govt net censorship
Protest marches were held around Australia today against the Australian government's internet censorship plans. APC was at the Sydney march, armed with a camera.
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Telstra rejects govt internet filtering trials
If the nation's biggest ISP doesn't have anything to do with them, how much reliance can be placed on tests of the controversial "clean feed" proposal?
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Internet filter stuff-up cuts off Wikipedia
Want proof that internet filters can have dire unexpected consequences? Look no further than the UK, where Wikipedia has been filtered out by mistake.
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ISP filter tests: ideally, someone will get a clue
The government has released the spec documents for its proposed compulsory internet filtering system. The problem? They're a confusing mess of vague waffle.
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Apple attempts to silence iPhone hack discussion
Here's another tactic to add to the long list of ways to annoy Steve Jobs: try and build an application that syncs with the iPhone or iPod Touch.
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Street protests planned over internet filtering
Protests against plans to censor Australia's internet feeds are moving from online to the physical world, with a series of street protests planned.
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