Governor signs controversial law

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.

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.

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.

New blog seeks to advance legal and social agenda.

The United States government is pressing China to reconsider its mandate on web filtering software..

By all reports the Internet filtering trial is going ahead, but the Government's effort to filter ISP traffic is looking less and less popular.

Well, if you're using one of six ISPs. The first "phase" of the government's controversial ISP filtering scheme is set to begin.

Row over Rule of Rose 'torture' game could have wider implications.

Microsoft, Google, Vodafone and Yahoo seek to allay criticism.

The Pirate Bay have come out in support of Iran by temporarily renaming themselves 'The Persian Bay' with a forum for uncensored speech. Similarly, Google and Facebook are to launch Persian translations of their respective sites

New rules censoring ‘sexy’ marketing words from Apple store apps, including ‘boobs’ have been labelled puritanical and silly, even as the apps themselves have become huge sellers for their creators.