Communications Minister Stephen Conroy appealed for people to have faith in politicians, in a bid to secure support for his mandatory internet filtering proposals. He accused opponents of producing 'conspiracy theories'. Even the Minister's rhetoric is s… more »

Mandatory internet filtering's propsects are dimming, as independent SA Senator Nick Xenophon reveals he is likely to vote against it, an SMH article reports. Just as the international limelight-seeking Communications Minister, Senator Stephen Conroy, c… more »

Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has announced the six ISPs to take part in his mandatory internet filtering 'live' pilot. He's had enormous diffiuclty getting ISPs to sign on...which is reflected in the composition of the six. Read the press relea… more »

Oh, what a tangled web government weaves when it first begins to filter the internet. In this example, in the UK, the authorities had to do a rapid about-face when they realised they'd taken down the mass information website, Wikipedia, over one image fr… more »

The political activists who helped free David Hicks and abolish Work Choices have now set their sights on the Government's plan to censor the internet, which is already facing a major backlash and a lack of political support. (CensorFree and CLA are part… more »