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

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

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

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

Given the general complacency by the public and the fact that no one wants to be labelled as encouraging distribution of pornography or corrupting children, it is unlikely that the government will rev

If you disagree with a blocking decision you can report it to the relevant censorware manufacturers for consideration. The manufactures of this software endeavor to ensure that their blacklists remain

Have we already lost our freedom to view what we want on the net? David Neiger investigates censorware and Australias Internet policies. Recent amendments to the Australian Broadcasting Act ma

Content filtering software is designed to allow responsible adults to control the content that a user - often a child - can access and send over the Internet. Whilst the censorware vendors maintain th

If you were to believe the marketing hype, and ignore the disclaimers, you would believe that filtering technology was far more advanced than it really is. You would expect that blocking lists would b