News

• Richard Stallman: Net filter is a 'human rights attack'

  By Renai LeMay | 11 August, 2010 12:38

  Labor's controversial mandatory internet filter project is an attack on human rights, and Australians should beware of the project and other tyrannical government policies, free software luminary Richard Stallman has said in an interview ahead of a visit to Australia in October.

• Internode, iiNet, VHA won't filter for now

  By Renai LeMay | 12 July, 2010 15:39

  National broadband provider Internode this afternoon stated that -- unlike Telstra, Optus and Primus -- it would not voluntarily filter its customers' internet for websites that are known to contain child pornography and child abuse material, while iiNet said it would wait to see the detail in the proposal and VHA is awaiting a code for the mobile industry.

• iiNet: Conroy misrepresents our filtering stance

  By Spandas Lui | 31 May, 2010 12:36

  iiNet has rejected public statements from Communications Minister, Senator Stephen Conroy, that it supports the Government’s proposed Internet filtering policy.

• Internet filtering hacking classes take-off

  By Spandas Lui | 16 April, 2010 18:19

  Networking integrator, Minopher, will host its own Internet filtering hacking classes for the public.

• Filter hacking teacher: IT industry need to step up anti-filtering action

  By Spandas Lui | 13 April, 2010 12:07

  The IT industry needs to be more involved in anti-Internet filtering initiatives, according to filter hacking teacher and reseller, David Campbell.

• Australian parliament Web site attacked

  By Grant Gross | 11 February, 2010 05:32

  The Australian Parliament's Web site was hit by an apparent denial-of-service attack Wednesday, two days after the hacking group Anonymous threatened attacks over the government's plan to filter Web content.

• Anti-Net filtering group aims to bring protestors closer together

  By David Ramli | 08 January, 2010 14:50

  Giving Internet filtering protestors an avenue for collaboration and promoting education to end-users are top priorities for Electronics Frontiers Australia’s latest recruit.

• Watchdog launches cloud-based Internet filtering service

  By Matthew Sainsbury | 17 December, 2009 13:40

  Hot on the heels of the Government’s controversial Internet filtering plans, a new cloud-based provider has launched what it claims is an inexpensive filtering option for small ISPs.

• Rudd to talk about Internet filtering

  By David Ramli | 19 October, 2009 11:28

  Internet filtering is one of several topics The Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, will discuss in a one-hour Web chat on Thursday, October 22.

• Businesses turn to DNS service to filter the Web

  By Robert McMillan | 16 September, 2009 05:03

  For National Veterinary Associates, the decision to block the Web was sealed with a virus.

• Google porn filter gained China's thumbs-up

  By Owen Fletcher | 07 September, 2009 14:28

  China approved of Google's efforts to filter porn from search results on its China portal following state-led criticism of the links, the former head of Google China said Sunday.

• NSW DET: School Internet filter not fail-proof

  By Spandas Lui | 16 August, 2009 04:41

  The NSW Department of Education has refuted allegations that its Internet filter slipped up last month but has admitted that the system is not fail-proof.

• China's grip on Web prevents dissent on deadly riots

  By Owen Fletcher | 08 July, 2009 05:12

  Beijing's Internet clampdown appears to have succeeded in shutting out dissenting views over deadly riots in western China that claimed at least 156 lives.

• 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?

• US Open used Web filtering to prevent online gambling

  By  Ellen Messmer | 03 December, 2008 07:44

  The US Open tennis tournament provides network access for the players, guests and media, but this past summer the association running the event took an extra security step to make sure access wasn't too open.