What if the world's new superpowers - search engines and social websites - decided Australia was no longer worthy of service, and cut us off from the planet? Google is dangling that threat over China. Will Communications Minister Stephen Conroy's interne… more »

In a cynical move, even for latter-day politicians, the Rudd Government has announced internet filtering - censorship - won't operate until after the 200 federal election. Read more » ... more »

In an exlusive - and therefore, unlike a media conference, controlled by him - interview, Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has accused critics of misleading people about his internet filtering/censorship plans. Speed delays? "One 70th of the blink… more »

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 websit… more »

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. Read more ... more »