Posts Tagged ‘support’
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POLL: Will the Proposed Internet Filter affect the way you vote in the Federal Election?
Aug 5 2010, 4:24Tweet Please click on the sharing and bookmarking links below to encourage the largest number of people possible to have their say. Tweet Please click on the sharing and bookmarking links below to encourage the largest number of people possible to have their say.
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It’s Time to Tell Mum
May 27 2010, 7:00Tweet We’re excited to announce that EFA have today launched a new campaign to raise public awareness of the Government’s internet filter: “Time to Tell Mum.” The campaign features comedian Akmal Saleh and exhorts Australians to tell their mums about the filter plan and what it won’t do for Australian families. One of the big [...]
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Reasons from the left to oppose the Internet filter
Apr 16 2010, 9:04Tweet This guest post is written by Mark Bahnisch from Lavartus Prodeo for our series of blog posts on the importance of online civil liberties as part of EFA’s 2010 Fundraising Campaign … There are a range of good arguments against the Rudd government’s internet filter, some emphasised for persuasive or tactical reasons, some reflective [...]
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The importance of digital civil liberties
Mar 31 2010, 11:34Tweet Electronic Frontiers Australia is currently running a fundraising drive so that we can continue to expand and campaign for your online civil liberties. Although EFA has been leading the Open Internet campaign against the Government’s proposal to censor the Internet, that is just one aspect of our activities and interests. In addition to Internet censorship, EFA campaigns [...]
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A little more conversation, a little less panic please
Mar 29 2010, 9:53Tweet This post is written by Michael Meloni, from Somebody Think of the Children, for our series of blog posts on the importance of online civil liberties as part of EFA’s 2010 Fundraising Campaign … When I was fifteen some friends and I wrote an e-zine about school and what was happening around town. It was lowbrow [...]
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Help us stop Internet censorship
Mar 26 2010, 11:49Tweet We are five days in to EFA’s 2010 Fundraising Campaign and we have been delighted by the generosity and the level of support we have received from you all. However, it it not too late for you to contribute to our campaign. If EFA is to continue to expand and launch further campaigns to [...]
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Imagining a meeting between Senator Conroy and EFA
Mar 24 2010, 9:49Tweet Mark Newton imagines a meeting between Senator Stephen Conroy and Electronic Frontiers Australia in his post as part of our series of blog posts on the importance of online civil liberties as part of EFA’s 2010 Fundraising Campaign … So it seems that our Broadband Prevention Minister had a bit of a hissy fit [...]
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Another report on Labor division over Internet censorship plan
Mar 23 2010, 8:38Tweet In The Australian today, Fran Foo reports about growing internal division in the Labor Party over the mandatory ISP level filtering policy: THE mandatory ISP internet filtering scheme is fast becoming a political liability for the government, with divisions in caucus becoming apparent. Labor senator Kate Lundy has publicly called for an opt-in mechanism [...]
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Help EFA fight Internet censorship
Mar 22 2010, 12:39Tweet Over the past few months, EFA has been working hard campaigning for an Open Internet against Government censorship of the Internet. While we are proud of what we have achieved in that campaign, the Government’s decision to delay the introduction of the legislation means that it will be prolonged and ongoing campaign. Moreover, that [...]
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Web filtering backlash
Mar 22 2010, 12:36Tweet In a good piece in The Mercury over the weekend, Tim Martain discusses the growing backlash against the Government’s plan to censor the Internet: But, perhaps surprisingly, the main objections to the cleanfeed filter do not relate to what it does, but what it does not do. Search engine giant Google has slammed the [...]
