The Australian Federal Government is pushing forward with a plan to force Internet Service Providers [ISPs] to censor the Internet for all Australians. This plan will waste tens of millions of taxpayer dollars and slow down Internet access.
Despite being almost universally condemned by the public, ISPs, State Governments, Media and censorship experts, Communications Minister Stephen Conroy is determined to force this filter into your home.
What Can I Do?
Take Action. By letting policymakers know just what we think of the "clean feed" Internet filter, we can bring about a policy change.
You can help by contacting your representatives and spreading the word about this campaign.
What do we know so far?
? Filtering will be mandatory in all homes and schools across the country
? The clean feed will censor material that is "harmful and inappropriate" for children
? The filter will require a massive expansion of the ACMA's blacklist of prohibited content
? The Government wants to use dynamic filters of questionable accuracy that slow the internet down by an average of 30%
? The filtering will target legal as well as illegal material
? $44m has been budgeted for the implementation of this scheme so far
? The clean-feed for children will be opt-out, but a second filter will be mandatory for all Internet users
? A live pilot deployment is going ahead in the near future.
What we don't know is just as important.
? What age level is the country's Internet to be made appropriate for? 15? 10? 5 years old?
? Who decides what material is "appropriate" for Australians to see?
? How are lists of "illegal" material compiled?
? Who will maintain the blacklist of prohibited sites?
? How can sites mistakenly added to the list be removed?
All of us want to see children protected from content that could be disturbing or harmful. The clean-feed filter is not a good way to go about this, and could actually reduce the safety of children online.
There are technical issues. There are free-speech concerns. The Clean Feed is a bad policy.
If you care about your online rights, let the Minister know what you think of his plan to censor Australia's Internet. The time to take action is now.
Help spread the word about the campaign by blogging about the filter, linking to this myspace or the site, or including one of the buttons below on your own myspace. Together we can put the national spotlight on Conroy's Internet crusade.
Copy and paste the text below each image onto your myspace profile.
i wish they'd have a referendum about such an important issue. west australians have just demonstrated to another government they won't be told about 'daylight saving'. they want this to be the antipodean nanny state. rudd is freaking commie. bazra the internet is the ONLY source of reliable information remaining to australians. we can't let them censor us completely. wake up australia, the NWO is marching downunda.
"...it is important that the Government and industry collaborate to ensure that people are as confident to interact and engage via the internet as they are offline. Consumers with digital confidence will increasingly find information online, communicate and interact via the internet and shop online."
This has to be the biggest load of bull-fucking-shit ever! Every day people are shopping online, using ebay, booking flights, tickets, accommodation, etc, etc, etc online, and it is becoming more and more popular and normal now to book online instead of waiting in queues.
SO here comes Conroy, pulling shit out of his arse and saying that we are all scared of the net, when in reality people are embracing the net more and more every day. This "filtering" system seems to be creating more fright in people that was never there to begin with!!!
‘When faced with a radical crisis, when the old way of being in the world doesn’t work any more, an individual will either die or rise above the limitations through an evolutionary leap. This is the state of humanity now, and this is its challenge. ’ - Eckhart Tolle
Attend your closest rally on December 13, for details: http://nocensorship. info/main/?p=366
It's a week away! You have time to: -Post this and other related posts in your bulletins! -Poster your local rally details up -Call/Write to MPs and give it to them personally -Sign petitions and help petitioners -Make fliers to bring to the rally -Tell your mates and family to attend a rally with you -Become a rally volunteer! Post on the forums at: http://nocensorship. info/forum/index. php (Melb go to www. nocleanfeedforum. com)
You need some app like in facebook where we can invite all our friends to add you as a friend!
i wish they'd have a referendum about such an important issue. west australians have just demonstrated to another government they won't be told about 'daylight saving'. they want this to be the antipodean nanny state. rudd is freaking commie. bazra
the internet is the ONLY source of reliable information remaining to australians. we can't let them censor us completely. wake up australia, the NWO is marching downunda.
Please help organise another Protest March in Brisbane! We could really do with one!
A pinch and a punch for the first day of the month! No returns!! :D
(Hehe!)
So what's happening people? When are the next rallies and meetings? We can't get slack about this issue.
I just put an add/ short doco against it, here is the link worth looking at
http://au. youtube. com/watch?v=4C9JCMO7Na8
From Steven Conroy's blog:
"...it is important that the Government and industry collaborate to ensure that people are as confident to interact and engage via the internet as they are offline. Consumers with digital confidence will increasingly find information online, communicate and interact via the internet and shop online."
This has to be the biggest load of bull-fucking-shit ever!
Every day people are shopping online, using ebay, booking flights, tickets, accommodation, etc, etc, etc online, and it is becoming more and more popular and normal now to book online instead of waiting in queues.
SO here comes Conroy, pulling shit out of his arse and saying that we are all scared of the net, when in reality people are embracing the net more and more every day.
This "filtering" system seems to be creating more fright in people that was never there to begin with!!!
Here is the link to the site: http://www. dbcde. gov. au/communications_for_business/industry_development/digital_economy/future_directions_blog/topics/civil_and_confident_society_online
shit sucked ass.
I put some photos from the Melbourne protest up on my Facebook profile
http://www. facebook. com/album. php?aid=52954&l=4171a&id=731901032
good luck brothers! make it a killer..
iiiiim going to the protest tomorrow=]
‘When faced with a radical crisis, when the old way of being in the world doesn’t work any more, an individual will either die or rise above the limitations through an evolutionary leap. This is the state of humanity now, and this is its challenge.’ - Eckhart Tolle
11 am - 3pm?
4 hours?
WHUUUUUUUUUUUUUUT?
RALLIES NATIONALLY- 13th of December || NoCensorship. info
Brisbane:
13th of December
11am - 3pm
Brisbane Square
http://www. facebook. com/event. php?eid=42526399601
Sydney:
13th of December
11am-4pm
Town Hall
http://www. facebook. com/event. php?eid=49916537640
Melbourne:
13th of December
12pm-5pm
State Library
http://www. facebook. com/event. php?eid=46838735931
Adelaide:
13th of December
12pm - 4pm
Parliament
http://www. facebook. com/event. php?eid=39343300875
Hobart:
13th of December
11am-1:30pm
Parliament Lawns
http://www. facebook. com/event. php?eid=39329861995
Perth:
13th of December
12pm-3:00pm
Stirling Gardens
http://www. facebook. com/event. php?eid=45738419714
Canberra [updated 8 Dec]:
13th of December
12pm - 2pm
City Walk, Civic
http://www. facebook. com/event. php?eid=38717743533
Darwin:
Interested in being the state coordinator for this rally?
Message me
CANBERRA HAS A RALLY!!!!!!!!!!
Canberra [updated 8 Dec]:
13th of December
12pm - 2pm
City Walk, Civic
http://www. facebook. com/event. php?eid=38717743533
over 100 already confirmed to attend.
@JackCore PhD in coolness {MOPC} :
Over a 1000 are expected to attend Melbourne's rally ;-)
Is there anyone actually going to the melbourne protest. I will only go to the effort if alot of people are going.
Still think Australians don't care about internet censorship?
Here's the tally so far of people taking the streets against the
mandatory internet filter proposal (via Facebook events):
Brisbane: 600+ confirms, 700+ maybes
Sydney: 400+ confirms, 500+ maybes
Adelaide: 700+ confirms, 1000+ maybes
Melbourne: 1000+ confirms, 1200+ maybes
Hobart: 100+ confirms, 200+ maybes
Perth: 200+ confirms, 200+ maybes
[above updated - 4 dec, 8:00pm]
Attend your closest rally on December 13, for details:
http://nocensorship. info/main/?p=366
It's a week away! You have time to:
-Post this and other related posts in your bulletins!
-Poster your local rally details up
-Call/Write to MPs and give it to them personally
-Sign petitions and help petitioners
-Make fliers to bring to the rally
-Tell your mates and family to attend a rally with you
-Become a rally volunteer! Post on the forums at:
http://nocensorship. info/forum/index. php
(Melb go to www. nocleanfeedforum. com)
http://www. news. com. au/couriermail/poll/1,,953-5036556-0,00. html
join in on there online vote
Currently 91% against the filter
Canberra's organiser wasn't eligible to apply for the permit so the rally there isn't organised...
Anyone 18+, a ACT resident, with nice shoes available on Dec 13.... wanna step up?
We got a new organiser for Canberra, rally details should be in by the end of this week.
Perth:
13th of December
12pm-3:00pm
Stirling Gardens
http://www. facebook. com/event. php?eid=45738419714