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Senator Conroy - the Internet is special

In April 2010, Senator Conroy [http://www.minister.dbcde.gov.au/] was quoted by Fairfax media (Sydney Morning Herald [http://www.smh.com.au], The Age [http://www.theage.com.au/] etc.) as asking "Why is the internet special?," saying the net was "just a communication and distribution platform" (see

Conroy fails to defend mandatory internet filter on 7PM Project

Senator Conroy appeared on The 7PM Project [http://7pmproject.com.au/] last night (Wednesday 24th March 2010) in an attempt to defend the proposed mandatory ISP level filter. Watch the video below and see if you think he was convincing. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2WBsjOspNo&color1=0xb1b1b1&

Censorship begins at home for Conroy

As reported here [http://www.news.com.au/technology/conroys-website-removes-references-to-filter/story-e6frfro0-1225834474153] , here [http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2010/02/conroy-filters-his-own-site-against-isp-filtering-searches/] , here [http://smarthouse.com.au/Content_And_Downloads/Industry/N6P3S2W3], here [http://www.zdnet.com.au/blogs/gen-why/soa/Conroy-censors-own-site-/0,2001149271,339301360,00.htm] and originally discussed here [http:

Follow up – useful info on the proposed government mandatory internet filter

Following up from my last post [http://reservedwords.wordpress.com/2010/02/20/australian-government-internet-censorship-plans/] I’ve pieced together a bunch of relevant articles and arguments for anyone interested in some further reading on this issue. Conroy’s filter will not make the internet safer [http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/

Australian Government Internet Censorship plans

OK this is serious. It’s been bubbling along for quite a while now but it looks like the Government and Federal Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Conroy [http://www.minister.dbcde.gov.au/] are pretty committed to filtering the internet to prevent any material that