Tag Archives: nocleanfeed

Conroy abandons speed hump plans for Australia’s freeways

Conroy abandons speed hump plans for Australia’s freeways | Digihub Blog | digihub.smh.com.au.

Fatal flaws in website censorship plan, says report

Fatal flaws in website censorship plan, says report.
Update: Net filtering trial delay ‘another Govt bungle’.

Labor plan to censor internet in shreds

Labor plan to censor internet in shreds – Technology – smh.com.au.
Communications Minister, Stephen Conroy, has written to critics saying that the so-called “live” trials would be “a closed network test and will not involve actual customers”
Huh?
A “live” trial – on a closed network without actual customers.
So, what’s this supposed to prove?
How dumb is Senator Conroy?  [...]

Telstra BigPond refuses to participate in net filter trials

Telstra BigPond refuses to participate in net filter trials – Internet – iTnews Australia.

Wikipedia Censorship Sparks Free Speech Debate

Wikipedia Censorship Sparks Free Speech Debate – washingtonpost.com.
Update: U.K. Internet watchdog backtracks on Wikipedia ban – CNET News
More on the banned Wikipedia page.

British ISPs filtering Wikipedia

British ISPs filtering Wikipedia | Digital Media – CNET News.
So when Stephen Conroy and Kevin Rudd and all the Labor Party hacks tell you that the Clean Feed will only filter out bad, evil, vile pornographic sites, now you know what they have in mind.  Oh yes, Wikipedia, it’s vile.  Wikipedia is the scum of [...]

Children’s welfare groups slam net filters

Children’s welfare groups slam net filters – Technology – smh.com.au.
Hey Senator Conroy, are you listening?
I love the opening paragraph of this story:
Support for the Government’s plan to censor the internet has hit rock bottom, with even some children’s welfare groups now saying that that the mandatory filters, aimed squarely at protecting kids, are ineffective and [...]

NSW calls Conroy on Euro filter fudge

NSW calls Conroy on Euro filter fudge: News – Software – ZDNet Australia.
I think Senator Conroy should use this opportunity to learn how to research before commenting.  Here’s a thought – there’s a wonderful research tool that’s just come out in the last 30 years; it’s called the Internet.

Michael Malone of iiNet: interview from CBC Search Engine

Last week I found out Michael Malone of iiNet would be on the CBC podcast Search Engine.  I wanted to follow up with a link to the interview as the episode is now online.  I’m hoping to draw more attention to his comments as I think the “Clean Feed” is the kind of censorship that [...]

Michael Malone of iiNet to be interviewed on next week’s Search Engine

Iran, China- and Australia?
Ah sweet!  I love Search Engine, add it to your podcatcher!  This promises to be an interesting interview.  Jesse is good at these kinds of interviews, and I’m interested in hearing Mr. Malone talk at length about this.  I’ve reread the same three quotes of his as the news story went around [...]