It was called the The Great Australian Internet Blackout to protest the government's ISP-level internet content filtering plan, but few big websites took part
It was called the The Great Australian Internet Blackout to protest the government's ISP-level internet content filtering plan, but few big websites took part.
Petition will be the first submitted to parliament for consideration
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.
EFA plans new offensive to spread the scope of the message against the Government's controversial Internet filtering scheme but is yet to flesh out specific and detailed measures
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.
Growing number of dissenting voices including the Federal Opposition and Google.
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.
Nick Minchin slapped with a $24,000 bill after lodging a Freedom of Information request for documents relating to the tender process for the original NBN plan
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.
EFA forced to remove blacklist link
Online privacy advocacy group Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA) has withdrawn links to a blacklisted Web site after its hosting provider was threatened with an $11,000 fine by the communications watchdog.
Armchair activists hit the streets across capital cities to rally against national Internet content filtering.
Protesters held rallies across Australian capital cities today to oppose the government's national clean feed Internet scheme, which will impose blanket content filtering for all web connections
