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• CyberSitter files lawsuit against China over Green Dam

  By Grant Gross | 06 January, 2010 08:06

  Web software filtering vendor CyberSitter has filed a US $2.2 billion lawsuit against the Chinese government, two Chinese software markers and seven major computer manufacturers for their distribution of Green Dam Youth Escort, a controversial Web filtering package the Chinese government had mandated to be installed on computers sold there.

• Internet filtering meetings: Senior public servants keen on speed

  By David Ramli | 21 August, 2009 07:59

  Senior public servants have focused on speed in technical discussions with industry representatives on the Federal Government’s controversial ISP-level Internet filtering scheme.

• Some of the best posts on the content filter trial

  By ARN Staff | 20 June, 2009 06:02

  Whatever your point of view on the Federal Government’s contentious Internet content filtering trial there is no denying it has ruffled feathers and roused opinions from far and wide.

• Internet filter trials: Smooth sailing with one ISP not started

  By Spandas Lui | 26 May, 2009 12:25

  The majority of ISPs participating in the Federal Government’s controversial Internet filter trials report smooth sailing but one is still scrambling to get the service online.

• Internet content filter ISPs: Where are they now?

  By Spandas Lui | 06 May, 2009 16:20

  ISPs participating in the Federal Government’s Internet filtering trial have reported mixed experiences in deploying technology for the scheme.

• The content filtering story

  By Spandas Lui | 30 March, 2009 16:02

  Does the Australian community need protecting from the worst the Web has to offer? The government appears to think so. Here's short guide to the rocky road to internet filtering in Australia.

• Wikileaks raided by German police

  By Darren Pauli | 25 March, 2009 17:00

  The owner of whistleblower Web site wikileaks has been raided by German police days after it controversially published the Australian government's Internet blacklists.

• Govt undeterred by blacklist leaks

  By Darren Pauli | 25 March, 2009 13:29

  Further leakages of the government's Web site blacklist will not affect plans to deploy a national Internet content filter, according to Communications Minister Stephen Conroy.

• ISPs show support for Internet filter trial

  By Spandas Lui | 24 March, 2009 10:24

  The remaining ISPs participating in the Federal Government’s Internet filtering trial have declared their continuing support for the controversial scheme.

• Betfair banned by ACMA

  By Darren Pauli | 19 March, 2009 13:30

  Betfair CEO Andrew Twaits is outraged the multi-billion dollar company has been blacklisted under the government Internet content filters, a move set to annex tens of millions of dollars in local revenue.

• Australia's Internet filter ruled by a single bureaucrat

  By Darren Pauli | 18 March, 2009 12:02

  No accountability for blacklists, yet Watchdog's word is final.

• Strange bedfellows: Sex and IT unite to stop Net censorship

  By Rodney Gedda | 14 January, 2009 11:15

  Who would have thought the government's proposed Internet filtering scheme would bring together so many disparate groups all united in their opposition to mandatory censorship?

• Industry peers slam govt file sharing filter

  By Darren Pauli | 12 January, 2009 15:18

  A federal government move to stamp-out illegal file sharing via the national Internet content filtering scheme will be impossible, experts say, without blanket ban on peer-to-peer traffic.

• Industry baffled over clean-feed internet pilot

  By Darren Pauli | 12 December, 2008 15:43

  Internet Service Providers (ISPs) participating in live trials of the national Internet content filtering scheme say the tests will be undermined by a government decision to test the “clean-feed” blacklist under watered-down conditions.

• Gen-Yers will use social networks to bypass Internet filter, critic says

  By Daniel Bishton | 26 November, 2008 09:33

  The federal government’s proposed ‘clean feed’ Internet censorship scheme does not account for trends in social networking communities and will easily be circumvented by savvy Gen-Yers, according to a prominent network engineer.