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    Communications Minister Stephen Conroy today released the highly anticipated results of a test of ISP-based filtering technology, which appeared to show the technology was effective and delivered only negligible speed impact to users, within the parameters set by the communications regulator.

  • ACMA cracks down on potential leaks

    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.

  • Optus joins internet filtering trial

    Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has announced that Optus will be taking part in the government's internet server provider (ISP) filtering trial.

  • Conroy filter gag sparks sysadmin rage

    An Australian systems administrators' professional group has criticised Communications Minister Stephen Conroy for alleged attempts by his office to silence a vocal network engineer expressing an opinion about the planned government internet filtering scheme.

  • ISP porn filters now ready for testing

    Expressions of interest close today for vendors hoping to secure a contract with the Federal government and ACMA to provide an ISP-level filtering program, as part of a government effort to limit access to restricted and illegal online content.

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  • When will Conroy release filter report?

    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.

  • ACMA link removal: A free speech analysis

    Electronic Frontiers Australia has complied with a notice by the nation's communications regulator to delete a link from its site. But, the organisation writes, the action raises serious freedom of speech and freedom of political communication issues.

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    There are fewer and fewer places in the modern world where Internet access and mobile signals can't be found. The inside of an in-flight aircraft has remained one of the connectivity-free bastions -- but that's all about to change.

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