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27 Mar 2009, 7:36 am
Stephen Conroy also told Australian Broadcasting Corporation television on Thursday night that the blacklist was not censorship of the type practiced by China or Saudi Arabia. [read post]
19 Mar 2009, 12:28 pm
" "The leak and publication of prohibited URLs is grossly irresponsible," Communications Minister Stephen Conroy told The Australian. [read post]
22 Jan 2009, 10:37 pm
:"Freedom of speech is fundamentally important in a democratic society and there has never been any suggestion that the Australian Government would seek to block political content," intoned Senator Stephen Conroy on Tuesday. [read post]
11 Jan 2009, 7:29 pm
My analysis, from reading media sources, was that Minister Stephen Conroy had enlarged the scope of material to be blocked to maintain sufficient support for Labor’s plan in Australia’s Senate. [read post]
9 Jan 2009, 1:24 am
In today's Crikey, the Vice Chair of Electronic Frontiers Australia Colin Jacobs had an excellent piece on a new study published by Brooklyn Law School entitled "Filtering in Oz: Australia's Foray Into Internet Censorship".The rest of the world has been smirking at Stephen Conroy's ill-conceived plan to censor Australia's Internet for a while now, but a new study published by Brooklyn Law School entitled "Filtering in Oz: Australia's Foray… [read post]
30 Oct 2008, 10:43 pm
From the same Australian piece: Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has launched a strong defence of the policy, hitting back at claims by the internet industry that the Government wants a sweeping ban on controversial content. [read post]
10 Mar 2008, 1:48 am
Last week at a Sydney conference, Broadband and Beyond, Communications Minister Stephen Conroy let loose his frustrations. [read post]
16 Feb 2008, 9:48 pm
Communications Minister Stephen Conroy said the Government was aware of the views put by the music industry for a code of conduct for ISPs to address file-sharing by subscribers. [read post]
2 Jan 2008, 3:45 pm
Now today's The Australian contains an article that elaborates on the technical faults of this plan, arguing that a similar scheme has been already been defeated in the UK and that previous Australian research shows internet speeds would slow with such a filter:THE "clean feed" filtering system Communications Minister Stephen Conroy hopes will halt internet porn has already been defeated by British researchers. [read post]
2 Jan 2008, 11:13 am
The effort, announced by the new Telecommunications Minister Stephen Conroy, would: (make it) mandatory for all internet service providers to provide clean feeds, or ISP filtering, to houses and schools that are free of pornography and inappropriate material... the scheme will better protect children from pornography and violent websites. [read post]
2 Jan 2008, 4:53 am
Electronic Frontiers Australia has issued the following media release: Media Release: 2 Jan 2008 Title: EFA Attacks Clean-Feed Proposal Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA) today attacked a government plan, championed by Communications Minister Stephen Conroy, that would mandate "clean feed" filtered Internet connections to all homes and schools. [read post]
1 Jan 2008, 8:48 pm
(currently 77 members), and there have been numerous blog posts criticising the plan, including: New Govt same as the old (may be worse) on Larvatus Prodeo; Stephen Conroy storms into censorship teacup from Tinfinger; Compulsory ISP Level Filtering from James Purser; Conroy Lays the First Brick in the Great Firewall of Australia from deswalsh.com. [read post]
31 Dec 2007, 10:44 am
To bad it's only being done in Australia, it needs to be done world wide, IMO.12/31/2007Telecommunications Minister Stephen Conroy says new measures are being put in place to provide greater protection to children from online pornography and violent websites.Senator Conroy says it will be mandatory for all internet service providers to provide clean feeds, or ISP filtering, to houses and schools that are free of pornography and inappropriate material.Online civil… [read post]
