[LINK] Aust: 'Coonan seeks to censor the Web'

[Marghanita da Cruz]

Howard Lowndes wrote:
> The question is of course, whether ISPs will also be instructed to 
> notify any attempts to access blocked sites without being permitted to 
> inform anyone that they are being monitored or that their attempted 
> access is being passed onto the authorities.
> 
> Looks like it's time to implement Tor.  http://tor.eff.org/  or would 
> any use of Tor be considered to be a suspect action.
> 
> Notice that this was slung in at what is probably the penultimate 
> sitting day before the election.  Perhaps the coalition is looking for a 
> cause to use during the campaign.

I just wonder if they have fixed the billabong problem with the new filtering 
software. Though Waltzing Matilda was always a bit dubious.
<http://mailman.anu.edu.au/pipermail/link/2007-June/074500.html>

> 
> 
> Roger Clarke wrote:
>> Coonan seeks to censor the Web
>> The Australian
>> Karen Dearne
>> September 20, 2007
>> http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,22451522-15306,00.html
<snip>
-- 
Marghanita da Cruz
http://www.ramin.com.au
Phone: (+61)0414 869202