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.

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

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

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

New blog seeks to advance legal and social agenda.

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

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

Internet radio sensation Pandora has been forced to stop broadcasting music outside of the US, but their problems don’t end there. PC Authority spoke to Pandora founder Tim Westergren about the industry and its legal minefields.

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

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