Entries Categorized as 'News'

Finally! “Web censorship plan heads towards a dead end”

Date February 26, 2009

From The Age: “The Government’s plan to introduce mandatory internet censorship has effectively been scuttled, following an independent senator’s decision to join the Greens and Opposition in blocking any legislation required to get the scheme started…” Best news ever. Such a stupid, backwards plan in the first place.

Australia’s ‘Clean Feed’ Internet Censorship Plan

Date October 23, 2008

Every now and then, there is a plan put forward by the Government that fails so epically that it makes my head spin. The ‘Clean Feed’ internet censorship plan put forward by Stephen Conroy as part of the Rudd Government’s ‘Cyber-Safety‘ initiative is one of these. The general idea is that the internet is filtered [...]

Headline comparison: Putin vs Cheney

Date September 1, 2008

Compare the headlines: Russia’s Putin saves TV crew from Siberian tiger – Yahoo! News Cheney accidentally shoots fellow hunter – CNN I know which one I’d want holding the gun when we’re stuck in the forest…