MINISTER for Communications Stephen Conroy has vowed to push on with his controversial internet filtering scheme, despite a barrage of criticism.
Monthly Archives: May 2010
links for 2010-05-29
A vote against Abbot is NOT a vote for censorship
On Thursday EFA launched “It’s Time To Tell Mum”; an anti-censorship campaign that is remarkably different from anything we’ve ever done. I have some personal thoughts about the campaign, about its ridiculous success so far as well as some of the criticisms that people have that I’d like to explore.
Internet Association slams Conroy's petty attacks The Internet Industry Association has called on Stephen Conroy to get on
links for 2010-05-28
The Internet Industry Association has called on Stephen Conroy to get on with building the NBN rather than picking fights with industry players like Google.
AUSTRALIANS may be forced to wait for Google TV if the search giant thinks any proposed ISP filter will result in a poorer quality service.
The ANZ bank opened an internal investigation into allegations that staff in Melbourne created a fake Facebook profile to gather information on customers with bad credit who have changed address without informing the bank.
Apple shot past Microsoft as the world’s biggest tech company based on market value in overnight trade in the US – the latest milestone in the resurgence of the maker of the iPhone, which nearly went out of business in the 1990s.
POWERS allowing customs officials to search travellers arriving in Australia for pornography have been labelled as “sneaky” and an “invasion of privacy”.
Referring to the Minister for Broadband Communications and the Digital Economy’s comments at Monday’s Senate Estimates Committee hearing, Mr Linn said the Association was very disappointed when the Minister used Parliamentary Privilege to launch sustained attacks against officers of leading Internet companies.
Facebook has said they will draw up guidelines for dealing with local police, but will not appoint a local police liaison team.
The Greens have called for the federal government to make it easier for the 1.4 million votes with incorrect details to update them online. A more to get more young voters to update their details. But does the government really want young votes to vote?
The Australian Federal Government is about to introduce mandatory internet filtering. If implemented it will make Australia the most heavily censored country in the western world. They’ve told us it’s to protect the kids but the truth is it doesn’t. By telling your mum the facts you will help her realise that if she really wants to protect kids online mandatory filtering isn’t the answer.
POPULAR Aussie comedian Akmal Saleh is taking the fight over the Rudd government’s mandatory internet filter to children through a new campaign called “It’s time to tell Mum”.
Facebook has stated that it will tighten its privacy policy after the recent public outcry. I suppose we will have to wait and see if it actually does anything useful.
THE federal government has been asked to justify its business dealings with Google after Communications Minister Stephen Conroy described the company as conducting one of the largest privacy breaches in the world.
The new Apple store in Bondi Junction opened today, a couple of months before the Apple reseller on the same block was informed by Apple.
links for 2010-05-27
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COMMUNICATIONS Minister Stephen Conroy yesterday denied his attack on Google and Facebook had anything to do with opposition to his internet filter, warning the two they were not above Australian laws.
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Facebook has overhauled its privacy controls to fend off mounting criticism that it is betraying the trust that has made it the world's biggest social network.
links for 2010-05-26
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In a performance punctuated with all the hallmarks of paranoia, Australian Communications Minister Stephen Conroy laid into internet giant Google earlier this week, suggesting that the approach taken by their chief executive, Eric Schmidt, is a "bit creepy".
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The Communications Minister, Stephen Conroy, has not referred Google's Wi-Fi data bungle for police investigation despite claiming the company deliberately spied on Australians.
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Apple manufacturer Foxconn was today taking extraordinary measures to safeguard its business and workers following a spate of suicides at its sprawling plant in southern China.
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Facebook's woeful relationship with law enforcement bodies is hampering police investigations and putting lives at risk, the Australian Federal Police says.
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Google has hit back at Communications Minister Stephen Conroy's criticism of its record on privacy, questioning his commitment to plans to censor the internet.
links for 2010-05-25
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The Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy has announced the closure of an online forum used by the Australian Government and Internet service providers in discussing the implementation of the Government's proposed mandatory Internet filter. But as yet, no report on the discussions have been released.
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Stephen Conroy: Hay, look over there (just a distraction)
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THE Japanese government is considering a radical rebalancing of tax law that could take trillions of yen from the coffers of the elderly and put the money into the wallets of the freer-spending young.
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iiNet and AFACT will be back in court soon over the copyright/bittorrent/P2P appeal.
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How unique is you browser/computer/setup combination? Can people track you online behavior using the combination of this?
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Senator Stephen Conroy decides to label Google's wifi problems as 'single greatest privacy breach in history'. Looks like he is trying to criticize the Internet filter critics, and draw attention away from the filters.
links for 2010-05-22
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Mr Ro Bots and ePets (cartoon) | Leefe rates the world… (tags: ping.fm)
Ludlam, come to the dark side of the Farce (cartoon)
Filed under Social, Tech
Tagged as cartoon, censorship, Clive Hamilton, farce, nocleanfeed, Open Internet, sketch
Tagged as cartoon, censorship, Clive Hamilton, farce, nocleanfeed, Open Internet, sketch
A cartoon inspired by the appearance of Clive Hamilton on the Four Corners episode last week. Maybe it was before I fixed the aspect ratio in iView, but Clive reminded me of the Emperor from Star Wars.
