Governor signs controversial law

11-03-03 Internet censorship. What's the deal? Plus: bonus dumb links!!! Your reward for scrolling past...

Tim Dean wrestles with the ethics of Internet censorship overseas.

BEIJING - A rights group accused Western Internet companies on Thursday of complicity with censorship in China and called on Microsoft, Google and Yahoo to resist Beijing's demands.

14/03/2003 . . .in which PCA readers express their opinions on Internet nasties and how parents can deal with them.

Full credit to Senator Stephen Conroy for being the bravest man on the Internet, declaring BitTorrent filtering a possibility.

It seems that the world plus dog is falling over itself to filter the World Wide Wibble in a desperate bid to protect children from things they can handle on their own.

Proposes a code of conduct for companies working in repressive countries.

Amidst howls of protest against ISP filtering in Australia, including street rallies, the Australian Christian Lobby says filtering the tubes is actually a good idea.

Unfortunately, as recent US court cases have demonstrated, many of the censorware companies are less than open about their products and will actively prosecute (and even persecute) people who reverse

Telstra BigPond's decision not to take part in controversial Internet filtering trials could win it new friends.

The Government's own film and literature classification website has suffered at the hands of an unknown enemy, apparently from some kind of Alien civilisation, according to the hacker's note.

Even as Labor argues the merit of an Internet filter, opposition parties, businesses and ISPs warn that the plan will hurt Australia’s economy.

In an unusual turn of events, Apple has dropped their legal action to ban forum discussions regarding iPhone and iPod hacking, after a countersuit from the EFF helped to change their minds.

Internet users in China are planning a day-long boycott in protest of the country's controversial new filtering laws.

The Office of Film and Literature Classification has ignored industry pressure for an "R" rating on violent computer games instead announcing a "unified" colour-coded sticker marking system.

On the 16th July 1999, the Broadcasting Services (Online Amendment) Act 1999 became law, although it did not receive much attention at the time. The legislation effectively gave power to the Australia