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. What constit… more »

A Swedish internet service provider, Bahnhof, has begun deleting customer identification information in order to prevent it from being used as evidence against its customers under Sweden's new legislation against copyright infringement via peer-to-peer f… more »

Optus will participate in the Australian Government's Internet Service Provider (ISP) filtering pilot. Optus (second largest ISP in Australia) joins seven other ISPs participating in the pilot-Primus Telecommunications, Highway 1, Nelson Bay Online, Net… more »

Communications Minister Stephen Conroy is back-pedaling, fast. On the SBS TV program, Insight, he indicated internet filtering in Australia would block information already banned by the censor only, with parents responsible for controlling their children… more »

Mandatory internet filtering laws are mushrooming around the world...targeting a range of perceived ills, from pornography in Australia to celebrity stalking in Argentina and dissidents in India. South Korea allegedly blocks 120,000 web sites, mostly con… more »