Australia's Communication Minister Stephen Conroy is one of the nominees for the British ISP industry's worldwide 'internet villain of the year' award. The nomination came before he said he would use Australia's internet censorship regime to block websites hosting and selling video games not suitable for 15 year olds.

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The Chinese Health Ministry has ordered sharp restrictions on Internet access to medical research on sexual subjects. China experts believe the extended 'anti-pornography' campaign will spark a broader crackdown on freedom of expression and dissent.

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Nothing could stop the news getting out: riots and deaths in Iran were 'live' on the internet worldwide within minutes of the events themselves. But internal censorship still held sway.

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The Chinese Government appears to have backed down in the face of public opposition to its proposed mandatory installation of censorship software on all new computers from 1 July 09. The Chinese Government is making the software optional instead, The Guardian reports, in what may well be a lesson to Australian Communications Minister Stephen Conroy.

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We need a simple guide from the federal government, online, so your average Australian can know what is acceptable and what's not in everything from pornography to copyright. 'We need road signs, not secret blacklists', Myles Peterson says.