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  • 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Government's online censorship legislation as a failure, and recommended that Internet censorship legislation "...be repealed and the costly and failed Internet regulatory apparatus be dismantled."

  • 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.

  • Aust civil libertarians question ISP censorship moves

    Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA) has listed use of ISPs as the government's censors as one of the top concerns in the Crimes Legislation Amendment Bill.

  • 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.

  • SA pollies debate Net censorship bill

    The South Australian Parliament will debate and possibly vote on a controversial Internet Censorship bill in the session commencing July 8.

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  • Civil libs brand Internet ID checks "ludicrous"

    Civil liberties organisation Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA) has dismissed a proposal to restrict access to Internet accounts to those that can satisfy a 100 point identity check as "ludicrous".

  • Why open source is bad for Australia

    Open source is actually anti-industry, and protecting it is not in Australia's interests, says one industry observer. Additional reading: Why one Norwegian city switched to Linux

  • Cyberbludging special: Acceptable usage

    There's no shortage of tools to monitor and filter employees' use of the Internet and IT resources. But can blocking really save money?

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