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  • Australian ISPs to step up spam fight

    A new code requiring Internet and e-mail service providers to undertake a range of spam-fighting measures will come into force in July.

  • Aust code of practice to shut down spam

    A spam taskforce operating under the auspices of the Australian Internet Industry Association (IIA) has released a draft industry code of practice designed to block the spam epidemic.

  • Big Brother debacle triggers new Web rules

    Australia's Internet Industry Association (IIA) has published a new code of practice for digital content providers, in a response to a Big Brother incident involving indecent exposure on the reality television show in 2006.

  • Local ISPs confront content regulation codes

    The Internet Industry Association's (IIA) is asking its members to commit to a revised version of the industry's online content regulation code that will remove their discretion to set prices for content filtering software.

  • Aussie ISPs approved for kiddie Net content filters

    In what is claimed to be a world first, Australian Internet Service Providers that help to protect children from the dark side of the Net through the provision of filters will be decorated with a seal of approval, in a move to better expose code-compliant ISPs.

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  • Developing an Australian culture of security

    Sydney has been the host city for recent discussions between the OECD expert group on global information security, Australia's Internet Industry Association and the US Internet Industry Association on how the new security environment will impact the Internet in Australia, and how our information infrastructure can be made more secure from terrorist attacks.

  • Next up: Universal database on spammers

    Australia's peak Internet industry body has upped the ante against unsolicited bulk e-mail senders, a move sparked by lawsuits against spammers in the United States.

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