stephen conroy
(BrisbaneTimes) No Minister: 90% of web snoop document censored to stop 'premature unnecessary debate' The federal government has censored approximately 90 per cent of a secret document outlining its controversial plans to snoop on Australians' web surfing, obtained under freedom of information (FoI) laws, out of fear the document could cause "premature unnecessary debate". The government has been consulting with the internet industry over the proposal, which would require ISPs to store certain internet activities of all Australians - regardless of whether they have been suspected of wrongdoing - for law-enforcement agencies to access. READ MORE - SEE VIDEO
(IT NEWS) Unmonitored, unreported and completely legal. The Federal Government's $23.8m ISP-level internet filtering initiative will not block encrypted content or web applications and can be circumvented legally, Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has admitted. In an official response to parliamentary questions on notice released yesterday, Senator Conroy said he had attended an hour-long demonstration of filter circumvention on 5 June 2009. He was shown how to get around the ISP-level filter using free proxy network TOR and Virtual Private Network (VPN) techniques at the Enex TestLab in Victoria. Although Enex expected "technically competent" users to be able to circumvent the filter, Conroy said monitoring circumvention attempts would not be required by the Government. "ISPs will not be required to block circumvention attempts by their customers or end users," he said. read more
So now it's only "$23.8m"? The white elephant we the tax payers have to fund was "$125.8 million" last time we checked. Everyone that banks and or buys goods online are knowingly or not having all their actions encrypted making it impossible for either the so called government or ISP's to know what's going on. Obviously sicko bastards that look at children use the same encryption technologies as well. Because of the much needed encryption for banking and such, this whole filter plan has been a complete joke on the tax payers from the start. Stephen Conroy should be given the sack!
(ARNET) The Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA) chairman has branded Communications Minister, Senator Stephen Conroy, ‘cowardly’ for his attacks on the Internet rights advocacy group. Senator Conroy has lashed out at the EFA two days in a row during a Senate hearing, claiming the group is waging a campaign of misinformation on the proposed mandatory ISP-level filter. read more
What a joke! Remember when Conboy Conroy started out on this $128.5 million filter plan all Australian's have to pay for, whether or not they use the internet? He originally claimed it was only to filter child porn / pedophilia. Lying hypocrite Conroy has since increased the filter list to include content that has nothing to do with pedophilia.
(SMH) Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has snubbed a Senate order, requiring him to hand over an implementation study into the national broadband network. Australian Greens' senator Scott Ludlam successfully moved a motion in the upper house last week, calling on Senator Conroy to release the report by Wednesday. Almost three hours after the deadline lapsed, the minister announced the government had received the report - on March 5 - but would not be handing it over. [...] The comprehensive document, hundreds of pages long, deals with the ownership and structure of NBN Co, the company that will build and operate the proposed broadband network. read more
Considering the Australian people, not all of whom use the Internet, are paying the $43 billion dollar bill, one would conclude the NBN is owned by the Australian people?
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) is the latest to join a swathe of groups opposed to the Federal Government’s plans to introduce mandatory ISP-level Internet content filtering. [...] In a statement, the association said Australia needs to take action to ensure that internet users, particularly children, have a safe experience online, but it voiced concern that the policy may give parents a false sense of security and encourage them to reduce their supervision. “As a large proportion of child sexual abuse content is not found on public websites, but in chat-rooms or peer-to-peer networks, we know the proposed filtering regime will not effectively protect children from this objectionable material,” the statement said. “We are concerned that the scope of content to be filtered is too wide. Filtering all RC material could block content with a strong social or educational value.” read more
(INFORMATION WEEK) Just as Google's YouTube rolled out a Safe Mode setting to help users block objectionable content, Google Australia took a stand against censorship. The company has rejected a call by Australian communications minister Stephen Conroy to voluntarily censor videos on YouTube that fit in the government's "refused classification" category for media, according to The Sydney Morning Herald. Australia's Classification Board and the Classification Review Board, which respectively classify films, videos, and publications and review those classifications, can in effect censor content in Australia by refusing to classify it. This prevents it from being sold or exhibited in the country. read more
Just as there are alternatives to Australia Post when sending a package, there are also alternative ways to surf the Internet bypassing the nanny Conroy filters. Learn up on...
Leave a message if you know of any other handy ways to surf the net.
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(ZDNET) update A group calling themselves anonymous have attacked two prominent government websites in a protest against the Federal Government's planned internet service provider level filtering scheme.
The attacks hit the Australian Parliament House and Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy websites this morning. At 10:58am the websites appeared sluggish, with some not responding. A statement from the Attorney-General's office said the Australian Parliament House website was unavailable for approximately 50 minutes due to a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack by "individuals belonging to the 'Anonymous' group". "It is now back online," the statement, received at 11:14am, said. But the websites still appeared sluggish.
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(APC MAG) Stephen Conroy has expressed admiration for what he termed as Google’s role in suppressing controversial web content in China, Thailand and other countries. In the latest twist over his controversial Web filtering scheme, Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has expressed admiration for what he termed as Google’s role in suppressing controversial Web content in countries like China, Thailand, and elsewhere – and confirmed he is trying to use similar filtering to prevent Australians from viewing offensive content via Google-owned YouTube. read more
(SMH) A former Labor powerbroker being paid $450,000 a year as the NBN Co's government relations point man was recommended for the job by Communications Minister Stephen Conroy. Mike Kaiser took up the role with the NBN Co - which will build and operate the $43 billion national broadband network - after quitting as Queensland Premier Anna Bligh's chief of staff last year. The appointment of Mr Kaiser, who will earn more than the prime minister, has raised allegations of political interference on the part of Senator Conroy. read more
The hubris from the special boys masonic, fabian, rhodes club is amazing. Mikey was found guilty of vote rigging in Queensland, and now today he's being paid more than PM Rudd with your tax money?
LEARN MORE ABOUT VOTE RIGGER KAISER
updated 09/02/10: Emperor Mikey isn't very popular today
related: "Kaiser is a Jewish name and ornamental from the German "emperor""
