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Op-Ed: Online Censorship in Australia

The Australian federal government’s announcement to filter certain Internet sites and blocking access to illegal material drew a howl of protests from the different sectors of society.

In the Media by Edwin Manaois

Inside the Great Australian Internet Blackout

From Jan. 25 until Jan. 29, Australian websites will blackout their sites to highlight pending government censorship. This action has the backing of the Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA).

In the Media by Michael Squires - 3 comments

AT&T Wants to be Your Big Brother

AT & T has announced plans to begin monitoring and filtering online content. Not only does this plan have privacy advocates up in arms, but it has many others scratching their heads in wonder. How can something like this be good for business?

In the Media by S.H. Mills - 9 comments

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EU court blocks net-filtering bid

A social network cannot be required to install an anti-piracy filtering system, the top EU court rules.

Mobile porn filters 'censorship'

A report finds that 60 sites have been wrongly blocked by UK mobile filters designed to protect children.

Million homes 'need TV filters'

Filters will need to be installed in almost a million UK homes to combat TV interference likely to occur from new 4G mobile services.

Google rejects porn block rules

During a debate hosted by Google, the search giant says that automatic porn filters are a mistake.

VIDEO: The governments censoring the web

BBC Monitoring's Duncan Stanworth explains why certain countries are routinely filtering what its citizens see on the internet and what web-users can do to get around censorship.