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Did anti-filter voters put Conroy last?

Prior to the 2010 Federal Election, a campaign opposing the Australian Labor Party's mandatory internet filter policy was held to send Labor a message by putting Senator Stephen Conroy, the minister responsible for the policy, last on their Senate ballot paper when voting below the line. But did it work?

September 23rd, 2010 in Government by Josh Taylor 8 Comments 4 Votes

EFA apologises for 'sexist' anti-filter site

Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA) has apologised for any offence caused by its latest campaign asking people to "tell mum" about the Federal Government's proposed mandatory internet filter.

June 1st, 2010 in Filter by Josh Taylor 15 Comments 3 Votes

EFA launches 'tell mum' filter campaign

Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA) has launched a website asking people to tell their mum about the government's plans to censor "refused classification" material from the internet.

May 27th, 2010 in Filter by Ben Grubb 1 Comment Vote

Filter 'no' vote guaranteed: Greens

The Australian Greens Party today vowed that it would vote against Communications Minister Stephen Conroy's plans to filter the internet of "refused classification" material, calling on the Opposition to publicly state how it would vote when "push comes to shove".

May 12th, 2010 in Filter by Ben Grubb 11 Comments 8 Votes

Conroy's tag cloud protested by creator

A software developer who claims to have written the code behind the controversial tag cloud widget on the website of Communications Minister Stephen Conroy's website has cried foul over what he sees as misuse of his tool.

March 2nd, 2010 in Cloud by Renai LeMay Comment Vote

Pipe joins iiNet in filter blackout

Pipe Networks has joined ISP iiNet and Greens Senator Scott Ludlam in an online protest against the Federal Government plans to filter the internet by blocking "refused classification" material.

January 28th, 2010 in Pipe Networks by Ben Grubb Comment Vote

Internet blackout 'only the first step'

The Great Australian Blackout is in full swing this week, with over 180,000 unique visitors to the site, 150,000 of which just in the last three days. But the organisers of the campaign are already looking to new protests.

January 27th, 2010 in Blackout by Jacquelyn Holt Comment Vote

First Labor politician breaks filter ranks

New South Wales upper house member Penny Sharpe has become the first Labor figure to publicly criticise Communications Minister Stephen Conroy's announced plans for internet filtering legislation.

December 17th, 2009 in Acma by Josh Mehlman Comment Vote

Optus supports ISP filter

Optus pledged support for the government's ISP filter in a statement yesterday, claiming that the policy was consistent with the telco's belief that "the internet should be a place where Australians can browse and express themselves freely and safely".

December 16th, 2009 in Optus by Colin Ho 1 Comment Vote

Google slams 'heavy-handed' filter

Google Australia posted a statement today on its official blog calling the government's ISP filter "heavy handed" and outlining the search giant's concerns about the scope of filtered content.

December 16th, 2009 in Google by Colin Ho 1 Comment 1 Vote

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