Keith Olbermann driven off Twitter by feminist outrage

As Julian Assange remained jailed without charges in Britain awaiting a bail hearing this, the popular narrative regarding Wikileaks shifted massively. While the previous week centered more on censorship and (in case you forgot) the content of the ... continue

South Australia Implements Internet Censorship On Political Speech

South Australia has become the first Australian state to implement internet censorship, targeting political speech that may be negative towards the Government. As on January 6, 2010, it has become illegal in South Australia to post political comment ... continue

Google Nexus One Delayed In China As Censorship Fight Continues

We knew it was only a matter of time before Google's refusal to censor search results in China would spill over into other aspects of the companies business, now the Cupertino, California company have announced the delay ... continue

Anonymous targets Australian Government over Internet Censorship

Update Feb 2010: This post details the 2009 Anonymous attack. If you're looking for details of the Feb 2010 attack, see: Anonymous Targets Australian Gov. Over Censorship In Operation Titstorm and 12 Hours Later, The Anonymous Campaign Against The ... 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

Australian censorship minister tries to censor critic: time to go Conroy

Australia's ongoing debate over internet censorship has taken an interesting turn, with the Minister in charge of implementing internet censorship attempting to censor a critic of the Government's proposal. The Labor Government elected in late 2007 promoted a ... continue