[LINK] EFA anti-filtering campaign

[stephen at melbpc.org.au]

Electronic Frontiers Australia ramps up anti-filtering campaign

by Stuart Corner Monday, 28 December 2009
http://www.itwire.com/content/view/30254/127

  
Electronic Frontiers Australia is planning a number of initiatives in 
January against the Government's plan to introduced mandatory ISP-side 
Internet filtering, including National Day of Action on Australia Day, 26 
January.

During the week starting Monday 25 January, EFA is encouraging Australian 
Internet users to take part in its Great Blackout Campaign, by blocking 
their profiles on Twitter and by 'blacking out' the home page of their 
web site.

 http://www.internetblackout.com.au/websites
 http://www.internetblackout.com.au/profiles 

By adding a snippet of HTML code to the code for the site's front page, 
EFA says a description of the Great Australian Internet Blackout 
demonstration will appear above a significantly darkened version of the 
page. Visitors need only to close the blackout box to use the website as 
usual, and they will only see this message once.

On Australia Day, EFA is organising a nation-wide demonstration and 
inviting supporters to organise their own Australia Day parties. Full 
details of the demonstrations are yet to be provided.

 http://www.internetblackout.com.au/australia-day

In addition the organisation says it is working on a number of different 
campaigns, including a mainstream media campaign; distribution of 
postcards for people to mail in to a designated address with a hand-
written message, to be delivered to communications minister, Stephen 
Conroy; a continued letter writing campaign; a testimonials site that 
will collect interviews with key figures about why the filter should not 
go ahead; and web banners for webmasters to link to the campaign.

The organisation is looking to engage a full time campaign manager for 
three months to co-ordinate its various anti-filtering initiatives. 

 http://www.efa.org.au/participate/position-filtering-campaign-manager

It is calling for volunteers on each of these projects, and says it 
is "continuously looking for new ideas to help progress the campaign."
 
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Cheers,
Stephen