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  • Child porn legislation questioned

    Civil liberties group Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA) has criticised the way in which the Australian Broadcasting Authority (ABA) and the Federal Government are attempting to ban child pornography on the Internet.

  • EFA: Alston covering tracks on Net censorship failure

    The Federal Government is attempting to change freedom of information legislation to prevent the public discovering that Internet censorship laws have failed, according to civil liberties group Electronic Frontiers Australia.

  • Australia joins net censorship club

    Against a backdrop of protest from industry groups, the Democrats and the Labor Party, the Coalition Government has passed its controversial Online Services Bill through the Senate - a bill that will give the Australian Broadcasting Authority (ABA) the power to order Internet Service Providers to take content off their servers. The passing of the bill will place Australia in the select international company of countries such as China, Saudi Arabia and Singapore, who have all passed legislation to attempt to filter content on the Internet.

  • Alston: Censorship a non-issue

    The Minister for Information Technology, Senator Richard Alston, the man responsible for Australia's controversial push for an Internet censorship regime, has been in Silicon Valley on a trade mission this week. But stamping out child porn wasn't on the agenda. View ZDNet's video interview with Senator Alston in Silicon Valley.

  • Censorship law exposes thousands of businesses

    A flaw in Australia's Internet censorship legislation - which could affect "tens of thousands" of businesses - has been exposed in a report by the Internet Society of Australia and law firm Phillips Fox.

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  • What next for the Internet?

    Despite showing occasional signs of strain, the Internet has become an integral part of all kinds of business and consumer technologies. How will it change in the years ahead to meet with new demands? We identify some key areas to watch out for.

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  • What next for the Internet?

    Despite showing occasional signs of strain, the Internet has become an integral part of all kinds of business and consumer technologies. How will it change in the years ahead to meet with new demands? We identify some key areas to watch out for.

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