Anonymous targets Australian Government over Internet Censorship

Anonymous is planning to launch an attack on Australian Government websites to draw attention to Australia's proposed draconian internet censorship laws. The DoS attacks are due to begin at 7pm Australian Eastern Time (2am US PDT) Wednesday and ... continue

Censorship comes to America: AT&T blocks 4chan /b/

The global internet censorship debate landed in the home of the free Sunday with news that AT&T has censored the popular 4chan /b/ image board. The censorship was first reported on Reddit, where users confirmed with AT&T that ... continue

Confirmed: Second Life, online adult games to be banned outright in Australia

The Australian Minister for Censorship has today confirmed what I've been reporting for nearly two years: online adult games including Second Life will be banned in Australia. A spokesman for Censorship Minister Stephen "Goebbels" Conroy confirmed to Fairfax ... continue

Oz Wrap: TPN Broke, Wikileaks Censored, Fake Stephen Conroy outed

This is the first of our occasional posts on Australian web, tech and related news. TPN Broke: The Podcast Network, the first podcast network on the planet is in dire financial straights. The company is unable to ... continue

Australian Minister confirms legal content may be blocked by Censorship Regime

Despite saying previously that "unwanted" content would be included in the Great Firewall of Australia, Australian Minister for Censorship Stephen Conroy had also claimed that the proposed Internet censorship regime was focused on blocking "illegal sites." Until ... continue

When in Rome, you may not be able to get on Facebook

The Italian Senate has passed a law that will force Internet providers to block access to sites if they incite or justify criminal behavior. While the law provides the right to block any site, Facebook is squarely in ... continue

Australian Minister talks Internet Censorship as Victoria burns

As we've reported regularly over the last two days, Victoria, Australia has experienced the worst natural disaster in Australian history. As I type this post, the official death toll has risen to 130, with up to 200 ... continue

The Economic Cost of Internet Censorship in Australia

Much has been written about the social cost of the proposed Australian Internet censorship regime, but far too little on the economic cost. As the Rudd Government attempts to pass a $42 billion AUD stimulus package in an ... continue

Australia’s Internet Censorship Scheme Takes Money Allocated to Pursue Pedophiles

The Great Firewall of Australia, the Australian Government's Internet censorship scheme that is being sold as protecting children has resulted in significant budget cuts to a dedicated anti online child abuse police team. $2.8 million AUD ($1.86m USD) ... continue

Germany to Introduce CP Internet Censorship

Germany has announced that it will introduce compulsory Internet censorship starting in March. The censorship scheme will block access to child pornography, and will follow a similar model to Norway, where the Government decrees a list of child ... continue

Australian Censorship Regime could block over 20 million websites: Testing therefore Useless

As the debate around the proposed Great Firewall of Australia censorship scheme in Australia continues, the Government's long awaited censorship trial is due to begin shortly. While some ISP's are participating only to prove that the filter is ... continue

Great Firewall of Australia: What’s not mentioned makes it even more scary

Many in Australia, and those overseas interested in censorship would have now read a post from the Australian Minister for Censorship Stephen Conroy responding to concern over the implementation of the Great Firewall of Australia. I won't rehash ... continue