Citizens sick of secrecy and not being listened to can put their views directly to the Government 2.0 Taskforce through a new blog. The taskforce - formed to make information more publicly available and to open policy discussions - will report to the Rud… more »

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 Gua… more »

"...technology alone will never provide enough protection," a children's website moderator says. "Kids will find a way to communicate," she says, "and you can't block every word in the dictionary." Read more about kids' beha… more »

A new research report by an agency belonging to Communications Minister Stephen Conroy shows clearly that parents keep a close eye on their chilren's use of the internet, and that they trust their kids to be responsible online. Minister Conroy appears… more »

A new US site tells Americans about government surveillance, and the steps to defend against it. And a UK organisation (Open Rights Group) is developing an equivalent, covering Data on the Wire, Data on your Computer, Data stored by Third Parties, and Fo… more »