Stories about: Electronic Frontiers Australia

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Net filter protests fail to deliver crowds 08 March, 2010 09:37

Nationwide protests against the Federal Government's Internet Content Filter plans held on Saturday still struggled to draw big numbers.
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iiNet outcome an "application of common sense": EFF 04 February, 2010 11:35

Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFF) has hailed the outcome of the iiNet vs AFACT case in favour of iiNet, calling the decision an "application of common sense".
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Conroy supports Clinton's anti-censorship speech 22 January, 2010 16:04

Communications Minister, Senator Stephen Conroy has welcomed the US Secretary of State [[artnid:333472|Hillary Clinton’s anti-censorship speech|new]] one month after announcing plans to introduce mandatory ISP-level Internet content filtering.
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EFA claims 100 signatures an hour in filter petition 19 January, 2010 16:01

Supporters are claiming one hundred people an hour are signing onto a petition aiming to stop the roll out of the Federal Government’s ISP-level Internet content filter.
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EFA's new filter campaign lead to target offline community 08 January, 2010 17:12

Netizens will be urged to make their opposition to the Federal Government’s controversial Internet content filtering scheme heard in the offline community, under a new campaign planned by an Internet lobby group.
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The Filter Protests Guide 22 December, 2009 09:32

The Federal Government’s ISP-level Internet content filter plan has led many down the path of considering serious protest and not just vehement online posting.
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Greens, EFA critical of ISP filtering plans 16 December, 2009 11:26

The chorus of voices critiquing the Federal Government’s mandatory ISP-level filtering plans has grown larger with the Greens and Electronic Frontiers Australia joining the likes of the Federal Opposition and Google in opposing the filter.
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Gov't wants $24k for access to NBN documents 23 July, 2009 15:59

The Federal Government has hit the Opposition with a $24,000 fee to access documents concerning the fate of the original National Broadband Network proposal.
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Racial hate groups erupt on Facebook 12 June, 2009 12:31

Racist Facebook groups have sprung up in the wake of ethnic violence in Sydney's West.
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Strange bedfellows: Sex and IT unite to stop Net censorship 14 January, 2009 11:15

Who would have thought the government's proposed Internet filtering scheme would bring together so many disparate groups all united in their opposition to mandatory censorship?
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Protests make clean-feed Internet a mess for govt 15 December, 2008 09:41

Protests erupted across Australian capital cities on Saturday in opposition to the government's $70 million national clean feed Internet scheme, which will impose blanket content filtering for all Web connections.