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  Mandatory ISP filter still on the agenda: Gillard

  The Federal Government’s mandatory internet service provider (ISP) level filter is still on the agenda, according to the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard.

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  Internet filter is right: Gillard

  Prime Minister Julia Gillard isn't budging on dropping the unpopular internet filter, saying it is a moral judgment the government needs to make.

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  Opinion: The Filter is dead, but it'll be back

  The Greens' success over the weekend in cementing their hold on the balance of power in the Senate has sounded the death knell for the government’s controversial ISP-level internet content filter.

• Mandatory offering of PC-based filters under Greens cyber safety policy

  The Australian Greens has released its own cyber-safety policy to rival that of the two major parties, with the central planks being an obligation for ISPs to offer PC- or modem-based filtering technology to customers, stronger cybercrime law enforcement and better research and education in the field.

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  Proxy-based search engine joins local filter battle

  A Netherlands-based meta-search engine has opened its doors in Australia for the first time in an effort to help users circumvent the Government's proposed mandatory Internet filtering scheme.

• What are you saying?

  Every week, Computerworld collates all the things our readers have been saying about the news, both in the forums and in comments.

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  Conroy unlikely to reveal secret filter forum results

  The Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy has announced the closure of an online forum used by the Australian Government and Internet service providers in discussing the implementation of the Government's proposed mandatory Internet filter.

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  What are you saying?

  Every week, Computerworld collates all the things our readers have been saying about the news, both in the forums and in the comments. This week's hot topic was Conroy's filter debate debacle on Channel 7 program, Sunrise, in which occurred Conroy spoke without opposition. Here are some of the things that you had to say about it:

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  NZ Internet filter goes live

  New Zealand’s opt-in Internet content filter has gone live today with a least two confirmed participating ISPs. The government-run and operated scheme was quietly turned on early last month as a soft launch.

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  Government considers free filters for small ISPs

  Small Internet Service Providers (ISPs) need not spend a cent to meet the national Internet filtering requirements in a move under consideration by the Federal Government.

• Australian parliament Web site attacked

  The Australian Parliament's Web site was hit by an apparent denial-of-service attack Wednesday, two days after the hacking group Anonymous threatened attacks over the government's plan to filter Web content.

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  ACS: ISP-filtering could affect Internet speeds and prices

  The Federal Government’s Internet filtering scheme is likely to impact ISP networks speeds, and ultimately, the cost of Internet access for consumers, a new report from the Australian Computer Society e-security Task Force has found.

• Businesses turn to DNS service to filter the Web

  For National Veterinary Associates, the decision to block the Web was sealed with a virus.

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  PM's site suffers Anonymous DDos attack

  Threats from protest group Anonymous to disable the website of the Australian Prime Minister appear to have rung true.

• Google porn filter gained China's thumbs-up

  China approved of Google's efforts to filter porn from search results on its China portal following state-led criticism of the links, the former head of Google China said Sunday.