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  • Supreme Court backs library Net filters

    In a blow to an alliance of librarians and free speech advocates, the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld a law that requires libraries to filter Web content or lose certain federal funds.

  • US Supreme Court keeps Net porn law on ice

    A divided U.S. Supreme Court earlier this week suggested that a federal law designed to restrict Internet pornography violated Americans' rights to freedom of speech, but the court stopped short of a definitive ruling striking down the law as unconstitutional.

  • Google accused of profiting from child porn

    Google has made child pornography an "obscenely profitable and integral part" of its business and must be stopped, a new lawsuit claims.

  • Unexpected twists in Internet law

    Internet law in 2003 was full of surprises.

  • Foes lock horns in Web filtering case

    The US Supreme Court on Wednesday weighed whether a federal law aimed at installing Internet filters on public library systems adequately balances free expression with restricting sexually-explicit material.

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  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    No sex please, we're Labor

    The council rubbish truck didn't pick up my bin last week. Instead, the garbage contractor left a big yellow sticker highlighting exactly why my old egg shells, rancid fruit, microwave pizza boxes, an ancient and smelly pair of sneakers, and the odd brick had been left to rot on my property.

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