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• Wikipedia, Google protest US legislation

  Wikipedia plans to go dark on Wednesday and Google and other websites are also planning protests to voice their concern over US legislation that targets online piracy.

• CSIRO boffins stage pay protest

  Leading Australian scientists have staged a nationwide protest in their battle for better pay and conditions.

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  WikiLeaks support rally a success: Pirate Party

  The Australian Pirate Party has declared the rally held in Sydney over the weekend in support of WikiLeaks a success, claiming attendance of up to 1000 people.

• Assange supporters take to Sydney streets

  More than a thousand advocates of free speech have taken to the streets of Sydney in support of WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange.

• WikiLeaks supporters rally in Sydney

  Hundreds of WikiLeaks supporters have rallied in central Sydney to demand the release of its frontman, Julian Assange, and defend the whistleblower website.

• ACT joins WikiLeaks protest

  Canberra is the latest city to join a growing protest movement in support of WikiLeaks.

• Protesters crash World Computing Congress

  Protesters have gate-crashed the World Computing Congress with two individuals handing out leaflets and parading banners at the talk "what are the "big" issues in IP in relation to computing technology?" from Ralf Abbing of the Netherlands.

• In Pictures: Zombie gamers re-infest Sydney

  Gamers dress as zombies to raise awareness about the lack of an R18+ rating for video games in Australia

• Zombie protestors infest Sydney to support violent video games

  Gamers will dress as zombies to raise awareness about the lack of an R18+ rating for video games in Australia

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  Zombie outbreak hits sydney, bites classification laws

  A group dressing as zombies to protest the lack of an R18+ video game classification in Australia will return to Sydney later this month.

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  Anti-filter flash mob planned to raise Internet filter concerns

  An online activist group will use a flash mob on April Fools Day to raise its concerns about the Internet content filter to the general public.

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  Net filter protests fail to deliver crowds

  Nationwide protests against the Federal Government's Internet Content Filter plans held on Saturday still struggled to draw big numbers.

• Internet blackout protest: Who did and didn't take 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.

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  The Filter Protests Guide

  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.