16 Feb 2012

Last week, the English High Court ordered British Telecom (BT) to block access to a members-only website that offers links to pirated films.

Tuesday 11 October 2011

David Cameron unveils deal with big four providers based on charity's proposals to protect children from sexual content

Asher Moses
July 20, 2011
As Australia's biggest internet providers begin blocking an Interpol list of child abuse websites, the communications regulator is quietly compiling its own similar blacklist.

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) confirmed it was building a list of URLs that “potentially contains child abuse material” and having them formally reviewed by the Classification Board. Sites on the blacklist have been categorised by the Board as “ACMA – ISP FILTERING”.

Mark Pesce on Internet encryption

We are facing a critical moment in Australia's media history. Our approach to managing 21st century media trails far behind that of many other Western nations. We have a content regulation system built for the mid-20th century. Our laws still treat media content as if it were produced by professionals who work for individual media silos: radio, TV, film and print.

Our system remains blind to the enormous role media users now play in consuming, sharing and producing media content.