First they filtered out child porn, and I didn't speak out because only kiddy-fiddlers want to see that.

Then they filtered out hard core and gay porn, and I didn't speak out because I'm not into that.

Then they filtered out euthanasia sites and that's a bit disturbing because its a contentious social issue, but I didn't speak out because it is ( Read more... )

The following information on senate parties courtesy of greylock:

For the help of anyone who wants to use https://www.belowtheline.org.au to organise their Senate tickets:

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The top 10 filtering questions yet to be answered by the Govt - http://bit.ly/8eiWkPRead more... )

As you can see from my icon, I am participating in the Internet Blackout to raise awareness of and protest against the government proposed "clean feed" internet filter. Further details on the campaign are here and instructions for blacking out icons/avatars are here

An interesting read - http://blog.lvrg.org.au/2009/01/how-australia-loses-1-trillion-year.html (hat-tip to tcpip)

And now, just to make a change from the internet filter stuff, returning to an issue I have ranted about before: Ross Gittins opinion piece saying the same thing as I have previously - namely, that it is as much the type of housing being built (in the name of "investment") as anything else that is at the heart of the housing affordability crisis.

Government report - http://www.dbcde.gov.au/funding_and_programs/cybersafety_plan/internet_service_provider_isp_filtering/isp_filtering_live_pilotRead more... )

So yesterday the government finally announces a much-awaited enquiry into an R18+ classification for games (here), and lo, there was much rejoicing in the land ...

But then, just quietly, the report on the internet filter indicating plans to move ahead with it are released today (here and some commentary here). As far as I can see, only the abc ( Read more... )

As reminded by lillim, today is White Ribbon Day. See her previous post for some background and links. She also posted a link to an opinion piece by Andrew O'Keefe about it.

And something I stumbled upon serendipitously that is germane to the topic -
opposite world and "Rule of thumb".

sithmagician and I watched Robert Newman's History of Oil last night, and discussing it and the topics in a couple of other videos we plan to watch over the weekend - "The Age of Stupid", "Food Inc" and "Zeitgiest" - the conversation turned to the fall of the Berlin Wall, amongst other things.

Today, sithmagician sent me this link, remarking on the spooky timing. I ( Read more... )