You’d think Minister Stephen Conroy, the man proposing the biggest regulatory change to the Australian internet in history, would have a firm grasp of the internet. I mean he doesn’t need to know the technical specifics on say an engineering level of how it works, but y’know, is a basic understanding too much to ask? [...]

In one corner of the cyber ring you have the worlds largest internet company, Google. Google may or may not be attempting world domination through their ever -expanding, ever-increasing internet dominance. Having said that, as far as dictators go, the world could do a lot worse then Google. In the other corner you have Australian [...]

One of the biggest concerns over a mandatory ISP level internet filter in Australia is that once applied and operational, the infrastructure is then in place for future governments to filter whatever they choose. Naturally the man behind Australia’s proposed internet filter, Stephen Conroy, has done his best to assure people that this won’t happen [...]

Hitler being appointed the caretaker of a holocaust memorial museum. Osama bin Laden put in charge of a construction team rebuilding the Twin Towers. Kevin Rudd being asked to judge diving at the next Olympics, except for the backflip event. All of these are horrifying absurd scenarios the world wouldn’t want to be confronted with [...]

Last night Stephen Conroy continued his train wreck PR campaign for Labor’s proposed mandatory Internet filter. Appearing on the ABC’s 4 Corners program in a report titled Access Denied Conroy continues to make guarantees and assert that the clean feed filter is in the best interests of the Australian population. The report by 4 Corners [...]

If anything has been made clear in the last week it’s that someone in the Rudd government has kicked Stephen Conroy’s arse over the internet filter. I don’t know what it takes to parade around the country spouting complete nonsense with a straight face, but whatever it is… Conroy continues to prove he has it [...]

Protecting children has long been the underlying main contributor to Labor’s push to censor the internet in Australia. ‘If you’re not with us, then you support child abuse’ is a pretty strong statement to make but it’s how most opponents to the filter have been made to feel. Despite widespread public condemnation and sensible arguments [...]

Stephen Conroy will arguably go down as one of the most hated people put in charge of the internet in Australia ever. Apart from a National Broadband Network that we may or may not get by 2255 the other major saga he’ll be known for is the proposal for a nation wide internet filter. To [...]

Somewhere in the dark and nasty regions of Australia, where nobody goes, stands an ancient castle. Deep within this dank and uninviting place, lives Michael Atkinson “Ello!” – overworked servant of the Thing Upstairs. “Atkinson! Feed me!” …But that’s nothing compared to the horrors that lurk beneath the Trap Door… for there is always something [...]

With a reported 338 million internet users, China undoubtedly has a massive online presence to be reckoned with. Like everything else of value in China though the internet population is treated as a commodity and the government does everything it can to control it. Google made headlines earlier this week when they announced they’d had [...]