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• Jury out on ISP filtering trial

  Internet service providers (ISPs) are sitting on the fence on whether to participate in the government's upcoming live trial for ISP-level filtering of undesirable internet content, with their involvement depending heavily on the terms of the trial.

• Greedy ISPs kept from filtering trial

  Communications Minister Stephen Conroy said that the reason some Internet Service Providers (ISPs) hadn't been chosen in the first round of ISP filtering was that they had greedily tried to get the department to pay for upgrades to their own equipment.

• Optus joins internet filtering trial

  Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has announced that Optus will be taking part in the government's internet server provider (ISP) filtering trial.

• iPrimus to start filtering in April

  iPrimus, one of the six ISPs chosen by the government to participate in Communications Minister Stephen Conroy's first filtering trial, has said that the trial will begin late April or early May.

• iiNet quits Conroy's filter trial

  iiNet has decided to withdraw its application to participate in the Federal Government's internet filtering trial.

Blogs (6)

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  Which filter side is Optus playing for?

  Optus' involvement in the controversial government blacklist project could fall on either side of the fence. In kissing the ring, is Optus conceding that censorship is inevitable or hatching a scheme to discredit Conroy's folly from within?

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  Welcome to National Censorship Day

  Conroy's blind adherence to his net filtering plan will abandon net neutrality ideals and push ISPs down a slippery slope of unprecedented responsibility for a callously politicised Australian internet.

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  Conroy explains his magic filter

  Twisted Wire canvasses views, both positive and negative, from Australia's telecommunications industry on Stephen Conroy's controversial internet filter.

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  Filtering out reality?

  IIA CEO Peter Coroneos, Greens Senator Scott Ludlam, Bravehearts executive director Hetty Johnston and Internode chief Simon Hackett have their say on the government's controversial internet content filter in the latest Twisted Wire podcast.

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  Conroy's filtering plan: security worries

  Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has welcomed "improvements" in ISP filtering technologies, but will a broad-scale roll-out make ISPs a thief's favourite target?

Features and Case Studies (21)

• Putting the filtering cart before the horse

  There is no suggestion even by government that this filter would aid law enforcement, and nobody, including the ISPs themselves, has suggested there is any possibility that the pilot will tell a different story.

• Should ISPs be accountable for Internet security?

  The debate over the relationship between ISPs, customers, and Internet security is definitely a complicated one, but who should bear the responsibility for protecting users online?

• Conroy promises filter report in "due course"

  A month after admitting to receiving the ISP filtering live trial report, the office of Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has committed to releasing it in "due course".

• When will Conroy release filter report?

  Communications Minister Stephen Conroy will likely release a censored version of Enex Testlabs' report into the technical feasibility of ISP-level internet filtering, in an attempt to minimise the fallout on his political career.

• The war on file sharing hits Australia

  Cover the windows, stay indoors and bunker down the war on file sharing has reached Australian shores. Copyright owners have a fair claim to their content, but is it fair to saddle ISPs with the responsibility of policing their users? And should copyright enforcers be able to steal our privacy?

Reviews (15)

• Lenovo IdeaPad U110

  Lenovo's bright red foray into the ultraportable consumer space is for the most part a successful one, despite a few missteps.

• Australian ISP Shootout

  The Internet is in the process of taking over our lives, so if you aren't connected, maybe it is time you were.

• Sony sets movies to self-destruct

  A subsidiary of electronics maker Sony is to sell downloadable movie files that self-destruct after a given time.

• Unwired Wireless Card

  While the speed and pricing plans make it appealing for those who aren't deskbound, Unwired's Wireless Card is cruelled by the lack of true mobility and the Sydney-only coverage, which itself is undeniably patchy.

• New Wi-Fi challenges 3G

  New wireless networking gear lets users log on to their service provider from 19 kilometres away. But the service may mean bad news for 3G, and it is here today.

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