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  • 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.

  • Online civil libertarians cautiously welcome AU law

    New Australian laws designed to crack down on Internet harassment and usage of the medium to advocate violence have been met with a cautious reaction from online civil libertarians.

  • EFA slams Australian Internet censorship

    Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA), an online civil liberties organisation, has described the Federal Government's online censorship legislation as a failure, and recommended that Internet censorship legislation "...be repealed and the costly and failed Internet regulatory apparatus be dismantled."

  • 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 calls a 'spade a spade'

    Civil liberties group Electronic Frontiers Australia has lampooned the federal government's plan to ban online gambling, saying Prime Minister Howard has lost sight of the global nature of the Internet.

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