Internet censorship

Source: phibetacons.nationalreview.com --- 26 days ago
Harvard professor Harry Lewis writes about a camel's-nose proposal for putting the federal government into the role of Internet nanny in today's Bosto... . . . ...

Source: www.lockergnome.com --- 1 day ago
I’m probably a bit late to the game on this one, but I found a petition that is REALLY worth signing. GetUp is an Australian organisation that has been a huge part of keeping our thoughts in the eyes of the politicians, the public servants, and the beauracrats. One of their highpoints was in the [...] ...

Source: www.nowpublic.com --- 7 days ago
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Source: www.techdirt.com --- 14 days ago
A couple months ago we covered the Chinese government's effort to create a crowdsourced version of their Internet censorship operation. Now, BusinessWeek is reporting on a variation of this trend in Saudi Arabia. As you probably know, Saudi Arabia maintains an extensive Internet censorship effort, but, in contrast to the Chinese model which involves tens of thousands of workers, the Saudis only employs 25 people . Instead, roughly 1,200 requests are sent in by Saudi citizens, about half of which are subsequently blocked by the authorities. Further, the article says that "only" forty percent of citizens say they are concerned about the censorship. However, one wonders why the censorship requests are even necessary -- in cyberspace, it is exceedingly easy to avoid content one doesn't want to see. If these users find certain websites offensive, personal blocking mechanisms could easily blacklist them, without disturbing the nearly half of Saudis who are nervous about the censorship efforts. Kevin Donovan is an expert at the Insight Community . To get insight and analysis from Kevin Donovan and other experts on challenges your company faces, click here . Permalink | Comments | Email This Story ...

Source: clipmarks.com --- 28 days ago
clipped by: cheapogroovo Clip Source: www.news.com.au AUSTRALIA will join China in implementing mandatory censoring of the Internet under plans put forward by the Federal Government. The government has declared it will not let Internet users opt out of the proposed national Internet filter. The plan was first created as a way to combat child pornography and adult content, but could be extended to include controversial websites on euthanasia or anorexia. Tags: Internet , censorship , free speech ...

Source: www.disinfo.com --- 21 days ago
Presenting a list examining ten nations with some of the least free, most-censored Internet access on Earth. Number seven is North Korea:"Basically there is no Internet in North Korea. No servers. No service providers. Nothing. Zip. Only a handful elite members of the government have an Internet connection, and they have it via a satellite link that is connected with German servers. Part of the population is trying to escape this iron curtain by using 3G mobile phones and Chinese connections. This is not an effective solution, though, and even when it works the users would be subject to the Chinese censorship on the other end." ...

Source: www.apo.org.au --- 14 days ago
This paper outlines the current debate over the Commonwealth Government's filtering scheme for Internet content and the practice of governments in other countries. ...

Source: www.ncpa.org --- 7 days ago
In most countries with Internet censorship, it takes a massive government effort to block unwanted Web content. China, for example, employs a vast arsenal of technologies and thousands of human censors to maintain its Great Firewall. Saudi Arabia is different, says BusinessWeek: While the country blocks broad swaths of the Internet, from pornographic Web sites to calls for the overthrow of the government, Saudi Arabia has fewer than 25 people involved in the effort. The country's Communications & Information Technology Commission (CITC) uses software to block clear-cut violations, such as Web sites for porn and gambling. But for pretty much everything else it relies on citizens who send in roughly 1,200 requests a day to have sites blocked. Khalid M. Baheyeldin, a Web consultant who lived in the country for 11 years and now works in Ontario, says students and religious figures tend to be most active in flagging offensive sites.  "There's a feeling of moral conviction that obliges people to have these sites blocked," he says.  CITC takes action on about half of those requests, says a source close to the effort who requested anonymity. Still, Saudi censorship is considered among the most restrictive in the world.  One local blogger, Fouad al Farhan, was jailed earlier this year for advocating political reforms.  While Farhan wrote under his own name, most of the country's estimated 2,000 bloggers post anonymously.  "There are many ...

Source: www.theyoungturks.com --- 8 days ago
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Source: www.bitsbook.com --- 26 days ago
I have an op-ed in the Boston Globe today about Internet censorship. The FCC proceeding to which the piece refers is Proceeding 07-195 (pdf). Here’s the beginning of the Globe piece: SUPPOSE that government regulators proposed to read all postal mail in order to protect families from things they should not see. Anything not legally prohibited [...] ...

Source: noworldsystem.com --- 26 days ago
Australia To Enforce Mandatory Chinese-Style Internet censorship Government to block “controversial” websites with universal national filter Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet October 29, 2008 The Australian government is set to impose Chinese-style Internet censorship by enforcing a universal national filter that will block websites deemed “controversial,” as part of a wider agenda to regulate the Internet according [...] ...

Source: librariansmatter.com --- 31 days ago
Mark Newton, who works for an ISP, has written a letter as a private citizen to his local member of federal parliament about Senator Stephen Conroy’s proposal to apply mandatory (opt-out only) “clean feed” filters to the Internet in Australia. It is a well thought out, well researched letter that Mark has made available in the [...] ...

Source: blog.donnawilliams.net --- 5 days ago
I’m aware of some of the insanity out there on the web… suicide via media, anorexia worship, bullying people into suicide, abuse for notoriety, predators and their patronage, living room bomb makers. Any of this could make censorship look important. But there’s another side. I received this in my email: This post syndicated from: Donna [...] SHARETHIS.addEntry( { title: "Australian Government proposing Internet censorship to rival China", url: "http://blog.donnawilliams.net/2008/11/27/australian-government-proposing-Internet-censorship-to-rival-china/" } ); ...

Source: www.pigswillfly.com.au --- 5 days ago
Do we want a system that makes the Internet up to 87% slower, more expensive, accidentally blocks up to one in 12 legitimate sites and misses the vast majority of inappropriate content? GetUp is concerned that the Government’s proposed Internet censorship system goes further than any other democracy and as testing has already begun they are [...] ...

Source: candobetter.org --- 13 days ago
Internet users are faced with the technological equivalent of Australia Post being required to open every one of their letters if the Federal Government's proposed mandatory Internet Filtering legisltation becomes law. It will slow down Internet access speeds and is opposed by the industry and Internet users alike. See also: "Net censorship plan backlash" in the Age of 11 Nov 08, YouTube broadcast of Senator Scott Ludlum questioning Communications Minister Senator Stephen Conroy about the planned censorship, "Winning the war against Internet censorship" by David Jackmanson on Online Opinion of 17 Nov 08, Online Opinion Forum "What's happening about the Internet censor?" of 13 Nov 08, "Australia Joins China In Censoring The Internet" on TechCrunch of 30 Dec 07, www.scottludlam.org.au read more ...

Source: www.freedomtodiffer.com --- 16 days ago
On Thursday 27 November, the UNSW Cyberspace Law and Policy Centre is hosting a forum to explore aspects of the Australian Government's current Internet filtering and censorship proposals. The aim of the forum is to "get beyond the more heated claims and counter-claims circulating at present and explore some of... ...

Source: www.techliberation.com --- 21 days ago
Good editorial in the Boston Globe today about “The Dangers of Internet censorship” by Harry Lewis, a professor of computer science at Harvard and fellow at Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society. Lewis argues that: Determining which ideas are “harmful” is not the government’s job. Parents should judge what information their children should see - [...] ...

Source: www.exiledmind.net --- 21 days ago
I've written a letter to the Prime Minister regarding the Australian Labor Party's proposed mandatory Internet censorship policy . ...