Content filtering software -- from five vendors -- is set to become freely available from July as part of the government's program to combat offensive online content.
New restrictions for adult content on converged devices like 3G phones will soon be introduced to parliament, but filtering at the internet service provider (ISP) level won't work, according to Communications minister Helen Coonan.
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One in three Australians believe sex talk over workplace e-mail is tolerable with men more than women keen swap stories of their sexual feats and endeavours, according to new Internet privacy and surveillance research.
Following the news a teenage boy has cracked the government's filtering software in half an hour, the Communications Minister has warned parents to be vigilant about their children's exploits online whether they use filters or not.
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The concept of a .xxx domain for sex-oriented Web sites has had its share of critics, but attorney Eric Sinrod believes it is an idea whose time has come.
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If you're boss blocks access to anything but porn, they deserve to be lynched, says the CEO of Web filtering company, Websense.
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I've come to the conclusion that all of the world's spam problems can be blamed on one tricolour feline. Well, that's not strictly true, but spam would be much easier to deal with if it was.
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