An Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) executive has told a Senate Estimates hearing that the alleged leak of its blacklist in March was the result of a hacker reverse-engineering a Family Friendly filter.
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) and the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman (TIO) have struck a formal understanding to share information, which could help ACMA get a grasp on upcoming industry problems.
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) today said it was talking to the Internet Industry Association (IIA) about what action it needed to take to make sure its blacklist stayed private under lock and key.
The Australian Communications and Media Authority's (ACMA) chief information officer (CIO) Cliff Van Lohuizen could be in for a pay rise as the authority boosts his position to Senior Executive Service (SES) Level 1.
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) will be introducing changes to the regulation of restricted content available online and via mobile premium services next week, even after an overwhelming negative response from the media and industry.
On 1 July this year the new Mobile Premium Services Code was introduced. It sounds like it's had a good impact, but is it enough?
Dodo has been taken to task for misleading advertising. But is telco advertising in Australia misleading in general? What can be done to make it easier for consumers to understand?
IIA CEO Peter Coroneos, Greens Senator Scott Ludlam, Bravehearts executive director Hetty Johnston and Internode chief Simon Hackett have their say on the government's controversial internet content filter in the latest Twisted Wire podcast.
Might I suggest that the government, which so far has handled the issue with kid gloves, take a chance for once and reach over and just pull the digital TV plug?
With all the excitement over the iPhone, few people have noticed that 1 July was the 11th anniversary of the deregulation of Australia's telecommunications market.
As a veteran IT security consultant with first-hand experience working at two of Australia's largest ISP/telcos, encompassing the installing and configuration of many of the filtering technologies currently on the market, I am writing to express my deep concerns about your proposed internet filter.
Communications Minister Stephen Conroy will likely release a censored version of Enex Testlabs' report into the technical feasibility of ISP-level internet filtering, in an attempt to minimise the fallout on his political career.
Yesterday's report from the Australian Computer Society's Filtering and E-Security Task Force will be a handy weapon in Communications Minister Senator Stephen Conroy's battle over internet censorship.
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