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The federal government has rejected claims it has abandoned plans to introduce mandatory internet filtering before the next election.
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the government rejected claims that it had abandoned such plans, and that ‘a spokeswoman for Communications Minister Stephen Conroy said the government remained committed to the policy.’
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Microsoft’s guide to the important business competency of humour. When and how to use it. 🙂
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Photo from the zombie rally against the Internet censorship
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The Rudd Government’s hare-brained proposal to censor the internet was descending into complete farce with the Prime Minister admitting he didn’t have a clue what was going on, Liberal Senator Sue Boyce, said today.
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Communications Minister Stephen Conroy’s office has said that 687 internet service providers (ISPs) were invited to participate in the protected online forum to discuss issues around the planned mandatory filter to block “refused classification” material on the internet.
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The Pirate Party Australia has likened the idea being discussed by the Federal broadband department that promotion of circumvention of the internet filter could become an offence to opporessive censorship regimes in Iran and China.
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The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, is yet to confirm whether the legislation for the contentious Internet filter will be tabled at the next Parliament sittings in May or June or after a Federal election.