Australian stuff EFA Summarises Australian Party policies on censorship 10 Aug 2010 Here: Continue Reading
Administrative Australian internet filter dead in water 6 Aug 2010 Forners may not be aware of an extremely boring federal election in Australia right now. Indeed, few Australians seem aware of this. This is as it should be. Elections that are Interesting usually turn out to be Dangerous. But there is one good that has come out of this. The… Continue Reading
Censorship How to tell if your country is illiberal 2 Jul 2009 When the People’s Republic of China is less censorial censorious than your own country, you might be living in an unfree country. Continue Reading
Censorship Political censorship of internet linkage begins in Australia 5 May 2009 The host ISP of Electronic Frontiers Australia has been served a take-down notice for linking to an R-rated “blackbanned” site, itself not in Australia, in a page that was a political comment on the merits (or demerits, rather) of mandatory internet filtering in Australia. I put the entire text of… Continue Reading
Censorship When even the NYT notices, it’s obvious 30 Apr 2009 From the New York Times: The Internet is no longer just an essential channel for commerce, entertainment and information. It has also become a stage for state control — and rebellion against it. Computers are becoming more crucial in global conflicts, not only in spying and military action, but also… Continue Reading
Censorship Bits 27 Mar 2009 Pope rewrites medical science to suit Catholic dogma. Film at 11. Australian government censorship website hacked. I’m not laughing, really. Continue Reading
Administrative On my other blog 15 Jan 2009 More about Australia’s Great Wall of Clean Feed… Continue Reading
Censorship The road to hell 29 Dec 200818 Sep 2017 In the final chapter of Terry Pratchett’s Eric, the wizard Rincewind and the boy Eric are climbing out of hell on steep steps. He looked down at the broad steps they were climbing. They were something of a novelty; each one was built out of large stone letters. The one… Continue Reading
Censorship The lies of the internet censors: Your. Filter. Won’t. Work. 16 Dec 2008 The title is the title of a nice essay at Crikey. I especially like this: Bernadette McMenamin of ChildWise, you’ve crossed the line, defaming everyone who’s protested the government’s plans. “Most of these people are not fully aware of the facts and secondly, those who are aware are, in effect,… Continue Reading
Censorship Why copyright is censorship 16 Dec 2008 Here’s an excellent discussion by Lawrence Lessig on the creeping nature of regulation through copyright. Quite apart from anything else it’s an amazing use of presentation software. Sure, it’s 2002, but things have only got worse… Continue Reading