Internet filtering and young people
References

This is a References page, commenced in September 2008, compiled by Cyberspace Law and Policy Centre for the Internet filtering research project, and related research and policy activities. It concerns the Internet filtering proposal introduced in 2008 by the Australian government and issues raised by that proposal, as well as broader proposals of a similar nature. It contains date-ordered lists of references. The selection criteria are biased towards primary legal documents, ministerial and government statements, academic reviews and direct policy commentary, but it also includes selected general media reports, and commentary and opinion.

Note that inclusion does not imply endorsement, or criticism, of views expressed. [Summary working notes are appended for convenience only, they may not be accurate or complete, so readers should to rely on the source documents only.]

Please help to correct any incorrect or incomplete references, or suggest additions of the types above which are not collected in the Other Sources below. Send corrections or suggestions to: feedback [at] cyberlawcentre.org. Thanks to everyone who has contributed so far.

Some items in the Legislative Materials heading have been updated, but most entries are as originally made.

Other Sources of links on this topic

Other extensive lists of references to media and online resources covering the spectrum of views and perspectives to varying degrees can also be found at the locations immediately below. We generally do not replicate these here, apart from links to selected media, organisations and policy statements. There are collections of materials on certain of the sites listed in the body of this document.

References

Contents of this section:

Government statements and reports

Parliamentary proceedings, Hansard transcripts and other Parliamentary coverage

Legislation, regulatory instruments and codes, and cases

Scholarly articles and books

Technical and other reports

Policy statements, commentary, analysis and selected blog posts

Media Reports

Potentially Relevant Organisations or Programs

Government statements and reports

Ministerial statements

(see also 'Declarations and Directions' under Legislation etc., below)

Minister Stephen Conroy

(see also Senate Hansards and other transcripts, below)

Kate O’Toole, interviewer, interview, Hack, ABC Radio Triple J, 7 April 2009
audio at: <http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/triplej/hack/daily/hack_tues_2009_04_07.mp3>

Jenny Brockie presenter, 'Blocking the net - will it make kids any safer?' Insight, SBS Television 7:30 PM, 31 March 2009
Transcript at: <http://news.sbs.com.au/insight/episode/index/id/59#transcript>
Overview at: <http://news.sbs.com.au/insight/episode/index/id/59>
[Senator Conroy on panel, with other participants in the debate. See also blog comments, in Commentary section below.]

Senator Stephen Conroy and others, appearance on ABC TV Q&A, 26 March 2009.
at: <http://www.abc.net.au/tv/qanda/txt/s2521164.htm> [see 'Transcript' tab]

Senator Stephen Conroy, 'Internet list publication grossly irresponsible', media release, 19 March 2009
at: <http://www.minister.dbcde.gov.au/media/media_releases/2009/014>

Senator Stephen Conroy, 'Research to inform cyber-safety policies', media release, 23 February 2009
at: <http://www.minister.dbcde.gov.au/media/media_releases/2009/009>

Senator Stephen Conroy, 'Pilot to assess technical feasibility of ISP filtering', media release, 11 February 2009
at: <http://www.minister.dbcde.gov.au/media/media_releases/2009/005>

Senator Stephen Conroy, 'Australia participates in Safer Internet Day 2009', media release, 9 February 2009
at: <http://www.minister.dbcde.gov.au/media/media_releases/2009/004>
[cyber-safety plan: at: <http://www.dbcde.gov.au/cybersafetyplan>]
[at: <http://www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_311614>]

Senator Stephen Conroy, 'Address to ALIA Information Online Conference and Exhibition', 20 January 2009
at: <http://www.minister.dbcde.gov.au/media/speeches/2009_-_minister_speeches/001>
or: <http://www.minister.dbcde.gov.au/media/speeches/2009/address_to_alia_information_online_conference_and_exhibition>

Senator Stephen Conroy, 'Feedback welcome on Digital Economy Blog', media release, 9 December 2008
at: <http://www.minister.dbcde.gov.au/media/media_releases/2008/093> [See also blog link , DBCDE below]

Hon Lindsay Tanner MP, Minister for Finance and Deregulation, Senator the Hon Stephen Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate, 'Rudd Government trial for e-democracy future', media release and announcement of short period of operation of a government blog, 9 December 2008
at: <http://www.minister.dbcde.gov.au/media/media_releases/2008/092 >

DBCDE, Digital Economy Future Directions blog, undated [first post 8 December 2008?]
at: <http://www.dbcde.gov.au/communications_for_business/industry_development/digital_economy/future_directions_blog>
and: <http://www.dbcde.gov.au/communications_for_business/Digital_economy/digital_economy_consultation/
future_directions_blog/topics/civil_and_confident_society_online/why_wont_the_government_publish_what_is_included_in_the_acma_blacklist>
[re the blog; see also Dan Warne APC item in Media, below]

Senator Stephen Conroy, 'Youth Advisory Group to guide Government on cyber-safety,' media release, 8 December 2008
at: <http://www.minister.dbcde.gov.au/media/media_releases/2008/091>

Senator Stephen Conroy, 'Minister welcomes advances in internet filtering technology', media release, 28 July 2008
at: <http://www.minister.dbcde.gov.au/media/media_releases/2008/060>

Senator Stephen Conroy, 'Industry Code of Practice to make internet a safer place for children', media release, 16 July 2008
at: <http://www.minister.dbcde.gov.au/media/media_releases/2008/057>

Senator Stephen Conroy, 'Budget provides policing for internet safety', media release, 13 May 2008
at: <http://www.minister.dbcde.gov.au/media/media_releases/2008/033>

Senator Stephen Conroy, Address to Christian Media Association 30th National Conference, Gold Coast, 7 May 2008
at: <http://www.cbonline.org.au/%5Cmedia%5CConroyCMA2008.pdf>

Senator Stephen Conroy, 'Government welcomes ACMA report on internet filtering', media release, February 2008
at: <http://www.minister.dbcde.gov.au/media/media_releases/2008/011>

See also: Senator Conroy, "Labor's Plan for Cyber Safety", Australian Labor Party, Election 07 Fact Sheet, undated - November 2007? [released during 2007 election campaign]
at: <http://www.alp.org.au/download/now/labors_plan_for_cyber_safety.pdf >

Former Minister Helen Coonan

Senator Helen Coonan, 'Protecting Families Online', Address to the National Press Club, June 14 2006
at: <http://www.dbcde.gov.au/newsroom/speeches/protecting_families_online>
[see discussion of Clean Feed]

Former Minister Richard Alston

Senator Richard Alston, 'Labor supports easier access to child pornography', Media Release 33/03, 28 March 2003
at: <http://www.richardalston.dcita.gov.au/Article/0,,0_4-2_4008-4_113877,00.html>

Government Agencies

Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (DBCDE)

DBCDE, Outcome of public consultation on measures to increase accountability and transparency for refused classification material, July 2010, at: http://www.dbcde.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/129035/
Outcome_of_public_consultation_on_measures_to_increase_accountability_and_
transparency_for_refused_classification_material-web_version.pdf

Louise Collins, Peter Love, Dr Bjorn Landfeldt, Peter Coroneos on behalf of IIA, 'Feasibility Study - ISP Level Content Filtering February 2008', at: <released> January 2009
at: <http://www.dbcde.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/95307/Main_Report_-_Final.pdf>
at: <http://www.dbcde.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/95311/Part_2_-_Attachments_Final.pdf>
at: <http://www.dbcde.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/95312/Part_3_International_Survey_Final.pdf>

DBCDE, Digital Economy Future Directions blog, undated [first post 8 December 2008?]
at: <http://www.dbcde.gov.au/communications_for_business/industry_development/
digital_economy/future_directions_blog>

DBCDE, 'ISP Filtering Live Pilot - Questions and answers', undated [Nov 2008?]
at: http://www.dbcde.gov.au/communications_for_business/funding_programs__and__support/
isp_filtering_live_pilot/questions_and_answers>

DBCDE, 'Internet Service Provider (ISP) Content Filtering 'Live' Pilot', undated [11 November 2008?]
at: <http://www.dbcde.gov.au/communications_for_business/funding_programs__and__support/isp_filtering_live_pilot>

DBCDE, 'Request for Expression of Interest', ISP Filtering Live Pilot, 11 November 2008 [PDF]
at: <http://www.dbcde.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/89159/request-for-expression-of-interest.pdf>

DBCDE, 'Technical Testing Framework', ISP Filtering Live Pilot, 11 November 2008 [PDF]
at: <http://www.dbcde.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/89160/technical-testing-framework.pdf>

DBCDE, 'Online content regulation' undated
at: <http://www.dbcde.gov.au/communications_for_consumers/internet/online_content_regulation>
[explains the various categories of prohibited material, down to that classified MA15+ in certain circumstances]

Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA)

ACMA, 'Developments in internet filtering technologies and other measures for promoting online safety - Second Annual Report to the Minister for DBCDE', April 2009 (date on title page and apparent publication date) or 2008 (copyright notice date)
at: <http://www.acma.gov.au/webwr/_assets/main/lib310554/developments_in_internet_filters_2ndreport.pdf>
at: <http://www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_311304>

ACMA, Australia in the Digital Economy: Report 1 – Trust and Confidence, Australia in the Digital Economy research report series, March 2009
at: <http://www.acma.gov.au/webwr/aba/about/recruitment/trust_and_confidence_aust_in_digital_economy.pdf>

ACMA, Australia in the Digital Economy: Report 2 – Online Participation, Australia in the Digital Economy research report series, May 2009 ( November 2008 on cover page)
at: <http://www.acma.gov.au/webwr/aba/about/recruitment/online_participation_aust_in_digital_economy.pdf>

ACMA, 'ACMA list of prohibited and potentially prohibited overseas hosted content', 19 March 2009
at: <http://acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_311669>

ACMA, 'List of licensed carriers', undated, page updated 10 March 2009
at: <http://www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_1625>

ACMA, 'Cyberbullying and safe social networking addressed as ACMA marks Safer Internet Day', ACMA media release 11/2009, 9 February 2009
at: <http://www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_311614>

ACMA, 'Complaint from the public results in network of child sexual abuse websites being brought down,' ACMA media release 118/2008, 1 October 2008
at: <http://www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_311406>

ACMA, Closed environment testing of ISP-level internet content filtering - a report, July 2008 [PDF]
at: <http://www.acma.gov.au/webwr/_assets/main/lib310554/isp-level_internet_content_filtering_trial-report.pdf>

ACMA, 'Content Services Code', approved July 2008, linked from the 'Internet Codes Index'
at: <http://www.acma.gov.au/webwr/_assets/main/lib310679/registration_of_content_svces_code.pdf>
[seems to apply in relation to Australian hosted content (Sch 7 of the Act) - reader make own inquiries! ]

ACMA, 'ACMA approves industry code of practice to protect children from unsuitable online and mobile phone content here', ACMA media release 88/2008, 16 July 2008
at: <http://www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/912091/pc=PC_311247>

ACMA, Developments in internet filtering technologies and other measures for promoting online safety, First annual report to the Minister for BCDE, February 2008 (copyright 2007) [PDF]
at: <http://www.acma.gov.au/webwr/_assets/main/lib310554/developments_in_internet_filters_1streport.pdf>

ACMA Annual Report 2007-08
at: <http://www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_100770>
Table 25, 'Prohibited/potentially prohibited internet content 2007–08, items actioned ',
Chapter 2: Regulatory environment (continued) - Compliance investigations
at: <HTTP://www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_311421#compliance>

ACMA, 'Community awareness' page (elsewhere linked as 'national cybersafety education program'), undated
at: <http://www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_90161>

ACMA, 'Internet service providers and law enforcement and national security', Fact Sheet, undated
at: <http://www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_100072>

ACMA, 'Internet service providers interception obligations', Fact Sheet, undated
at: <http://www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_100073>

ACMA, 'Prohibited Online Content', undated
at: <http://www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_90102>

ACMA, 'Online content complaints', Fact Sheet FS 122, January 2008
at: <http://www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_310727>

ACMA, 'Online content codes ', May 2005
at: <http://www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_90080>
[This has at least in part been superseded by the version approved July 2008. Query if still applies to ISPs in relation to overseas hosted content (Sch 5 of the Act). '''alternative access prevention method' under which ACMA notifies filter makers of prohibited content and ISPs are required to offer filtering products"?]

ACMA, 'Carrier & service provider requirements', undated, page updated 27 November 2008
at: <http://www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_1622>
[refers to licensing of carriers, and at: obligations under Telecommunications Act 1997 and Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999.]

Attorney-Generals Department

Classification Board

Classification Board (formerly OFLC), Attorney-Generals Department, undated
at: <http://www.classification.gov.au/www/cob/classification.nsf/Page/ClassificationinAustralia_Whoweare_ClassificationBoard_ClassificationBoard>

Classification Policy Branch

Classification Policy Branch, 'National classification scheme', Attorney-Generals Department (Cth), created 6 September 2006, modified 25 March 2009
at: <http://www.ag.gov.au/www/agd/agd.nsf/Page/Classificationpolicy_Nationalclassificationscheme>

Classification Policy Branch, Classification Research
at: <http://www.ag.gov.au/www/agd/agd.nsf/Page/Classificationpolicy_Research>

Classification Policy Branch, Classification Legislation, including superseded versions
at: <http://www.ag.gov.au/www/agd/agd.nsf/Page/Classificationpolicy_Classificationlegislation>

NetAlert (current federal government system offering free home PC filters and advice)

NetAlert, FAQ indicating that free PC filters will not be available past 31 Dec 2008
at: <http://www.netalert.gov.au/filters/faqs.html#q15>

Parliamentary proceedings, Hansard Transcript and other Federal parliamentary coverage

Senate

Senate debates, Hansard of Tuesday 25 October 2010, 'Questions on Notice: Internet Content’, Q 152, p.723 et seq.,Senators Abetz and Conroy, at:
http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/genpdf/chamber/hansards/2010-10-25/0170/hansard_frag.pdf
[List of numbers of sites]

Senate debates, Hansard of Tuesday 11 May 2010, 'Questions: Internet Content’, Q 2585, p. 2456 et seq., Senators Ludlam and Conroy
http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/genpdf/chamber/hansards/2010-05-11/0170/hansard_frag.pdf

Senate debates, Hansard of Tuesday 11 May 2010, 'Questions: Internet Content’, Q 2583, p. 2456 et seq. [apparent duplicate page no.], Senators Ludlam and Conroy
http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/genpdf/chamber/hansards/2010-05-11/0168/hansard_frag.pd

Senate debates, Hansard of Wednesday 16 September 2009, pp. 6718–20, 'Questions without Notice: Internet Censorship', Senators Ludlam and Conroy
at: <http://www.aph.gov.au/hansard/senate/dailys/ds160909.pdf>

Senate debates, Hansard of 3 December 2008, p.8013, 'Questions without Notice: Internet Filtering', Senators Conroy and Bernardi, questions re filter trial
at:<http://www.aph.gov.au/hansard/senate/dailys/ds031208.pdf>
Video at: <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XnZPtt-PMs>

Senate debates, Hansard of Tuesday 11 November 2008, 'Questions without Notice: National Broadband Network' p.6517, 'Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers - Mandatory Internet Filtering", p.6533, Senators Ludlam and Conroy
at: <http://www.openaustralia.org/senate/?id=2008-11-11.34.1> or: <http://www.aph.gov.au/hansard/senate/dailys/ds111108.pdf>
or: <http://scott-ludlam.greensmps.org.au/content/tv/senator-ludlam-questions-minister-conroy-internet-censorship>

Senate Estimates

Senate Estimates, Environment, Communications And The Arts Legislation Committee, 25 March 2009, O’Loughlin of ACMA, Senators Ludlam, Conroy, Birmingham, Fielding, Minchin, pp. 106, 142-156, at: <http://www.aph.gov.au/hansard/senate/commttee/S12031.pdf>

Senate Estimates, Environment, Communications, and the Arts Committee, Hansard of 23 February 2009, Senators Conroy, Bernardi and others,
at: <http://www.aph.gov.au/hansard/senate/commttee/S11635.pdf>

Senate Estimates Environment, Communications, and the Arts Committee, Hansard of 20 October 2008, p.78 and following, Senators Ludlam and Conroy
at: <http://www.aph.gov.au/hansard/senate/commttee/S11346.pdf>

NSW Parliament

Dennis Jensen (Liberal) Hansard 24 June 2009 http://www.openaustralia.org/debates/?id=2009-06-24.133.1&s=speaker%3A10
[Comments on the contradictory nature of a restrictive filtering scheme similar to that of authoritarian regimes being introduced while a $43 billion high-speed broadband network is announced increasing speeds, reducing connectivity.]

Dr Kaye (Liberal), Question 2796 'Requests Blocked by Internet Filtering System', to the NSW Attorney General, Minister for Industrial Relations representing the Minister for Education and Training, and Minister for Women, NSW Legislative Council, asked 4 March 2009, answered in Questions & Answers Paper No. 96, 5 May 2009
at: <http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/lc/qalc.nsf/search/de8b6ce1d5b29953ca25756f0017877b>
[Asks for numbers of sites blocked in NSW Education Dept filter. Answer explains incapacity to quantify numbers of sites blocked or unblocked, the latter in part because many are blocked 'due to not being categorised', implying a form of white list. Notes 8.7 million 'digital objects' blocked in two months in 2009. See also Q 2797 re: numbers of sites available, no significant figures provided in answer, refers to indeterminate number of web pages generally. See also Q 2945 on Web 2.0: answer indicates blogs and wikis are categorised "forum⁄bulletin boards" and "personal pages" and blocked for secondary students but permitted only to staff and TAFE students; items categorised "Interactive web applications" and "Internet services" are permitted to school students too. Implies blocking is by (somewhat arbitrary) category.]

Dr Kaye (Liberal), Question 2944 'Information Blocked by Internet Filter', to the NSW Attorney General, Minister for Industrial Relations representing the Minister for Education and Training, and Minister for Women, NSW Legislative Council, asked 31 March 2009, answered in Questions & Answers Paper No. 96, 5 May 2009
at: <http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/lc/qalc.nsf/search/d7114b41bd9a8055ca25758a0017de08>
[Queries whether terms such as "Nazi" are blocked. Answers says NSW Education Department's Internet filtering service does not block all websites that contain the word "Nazi". The Department does apply Google's SafeSearch filter for all searches using the Google search engine, and SafeSearch does filter the word "Nazi", implying the use of several different filters, one for all content, one via Google search.]

Amanda Fazio MP (Labor), NSW Legislative Council, Hansard p 10776, 29 October 2008
at: <http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/PARLMENT/hansart.nsf/V3Key/LC20081029042>
[supports federal ALP filtering platform, expresses concern about scope creep for federal filter proposal, urges re-think]

Gareth Griffith, 'Censorship law - questions and answers', E-BRIEF No. 5/2009, NSW Parliamentary Library Research Service, May 2009
at: <http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/publications.nsf/0/
7230302B505A9D4FCA2575AF007F7462/$File/E%20Brief%20Censorship%20law%20-%20questions%20and%20answers.pdf>

Tom Edwards and Gareth Griffith, Internet Censorship and Mandatory Filtering, E-Brief 5/08, NSW Parliamentary Library Research Service, November 2008, PDF
at: <http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/publications.nsf/key/InternetCensorshipandMandatoryFiltering>
['surveys local and international position and concludes mandatory ISP level filtering is not a feature of many of the countries it reviewed. In place are voluntary ISP filtering schemes designed to prevent accidental access to a defined list of illegal sites containing child pornography.']

Liam Tung, 'NSW calls Conroy on Euro filter fudge', ZDNet.com.au, 21 November 2008
at: <http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/soa/NSW-calls-Conroy-on-Euro-filter-fudge/
0,130061733,339293439,00.htm> [story on EB 5/08]

Gareth Griffith and K Simon, Child Pornography Law, Briefing Paper No 9/08, NSW Parliamentary Library Research Service, August 2008
[at: <long link to PDF>]
['relevant statutory provisions ... , with reference to NSW and other Australian jurisdictions including Commonwealth, operation and application analysed by reference to available statistical data and case law.' Refers to Henson case and others.]

Gareth Griffith, 'Child Pornography Law Update', E-Brief 2/08, NSW Parliamentary Library Research Service, November 2008 [PDF]
at: <http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/publications.nsf/key/ChildPornographyLawUpdate>
['reviews proposals for NSW reform relating to child pornography recommended in Penalties Relating to Sexual Assault Offences in NSW, a report by the NSW Sentencing Council chaired by Supreme Court Judge James Wood of 25 October 2008.']

Gareth Griffith & L. Roth, 'Protecting Children From Online Sexual Predators', NSW Parliamentary Library Research Service, Briefing Paper No. 10/2007, September 2007
at: <http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/publications.nsf/0/
3043E49AB3F4ABF9CA2573530006F989/$File/Dealing%20with%20Online%20PredatorsFINAL&INDEX.pdf

Material from NSW Parliamentarians

Dr Dennis Jensen MP (Liberal) http://www.dennisjensen.com.au/news/default.asp?action=article&ID=326
[Warns Australians to act now to prevent the relinquishing of freedoms that would result from internet filtering because authorities will not always act in the community’s best interests, historically abusing or extending new powers]

Dr Dennis Jensen, “Rudd’s Internet Fantasy Shifts Focus from Oppressive Censorship Plan,” Friday 10 April 2009, at http://www.dennisjensen.com.au/news/default.asp?action=article&ID=409
[Describes the internet filtering proposal as a “hopelessly flawed censorship regime.” The article centres on the government’s announcement about the new high-speed broadband network as a tactical distraction to “put the filtering issue to bed.” Notes that the watchdog Reporters Without Borders added Australia to its watchlist for Enemies of the Internet, which lists countries where internet freedom is threatened]

Legislation, regulatory instruments and codes, cases

Classification and regulation of content

Broadcasting Services Act 1992 (Cth) ("BSA")
at: <http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/bsa1992214/>
or <http://www.comlaw.gov.au/Series/C2004A04401>
at: <Schedule 5> Online services
at: <Schedule 7> Content services, ACMA role

Communications Legislation Amendment (Content Services) Act 2007 (Cth)
at: <http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/num_act/clasa2007544/>
or <http://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/C2007A00124>
[Came into effect 20 January 2008. Sched 7 introduced to BSA, how prohibited content and potential prohibited content is dealt with for Australian-hosted sites versus those that are hosted overseas. Scope of illegal overseas-hosted content significantly broadened.]

Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Act 1995 (Cth)
at: <http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/cfacga1995489/>
or
<http://www.comlaw.gov.au/Series/C2004A04863>

Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Regulations 2005 (Cth)
at: <http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_reg/cfacgr2005598/>
or <http://www.comlaw.gov.au/Series/F2005L03681>

Guidelines for the Classification of Films and Computer Games 2005 (Cth)
at: <http://www.comlaw.gov.au/comlaw/management.nsf/lookupindexpagesbyid/IP200508205>

[The above Guidelines 2005 were, as a result of the creation of an R18+ Games classification, superseded on 1 January 2013 by Guidelines for the Classification of Films 2012
at: <http://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/F2012L02541>
and
Guidelines for the Classification of Computer Games 2012
at: <http://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/F2012L01934> ]

Guidelines for the Classification of Publications 26 May 2005, approved by Commonwealth, State and Territory Censorship Ministers
at:
<http://www.comlaw.gov.au/Series/F2005L01285>

National Classification Code, May 2005 (Cth)
at: <http://www.comlaw.gov.au/Series/F2005L01284>>

Legislation etc. on other issues

Communications Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 2003 (Cth), Schedule 2: Freedom of Information Act 1982
at: <http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/num_act/claa12003395/sch2.html>
[One of several amendments which effectively exempt from Freedom of Information Act certain 'internet-content documents' with 'offensive Internet content' of AGS, ACMA, OFLC, Classification Board or Classification Review Board under a power in Sched 5 (later inc. 7) of the BSA, including access methods. Apparent response to earlier EFA attempts to use FOIA to determine content of black lists.]

Copyright Act 1968 (Cth)
at: <http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/ca1968133/s36.html>
[s.36 infringement authorisation: "reasonable steps"/"within power", apparent basis of recent iiNet case challenging common carrier role of ISPs, potentially requiring copyright violation filtering or monitoring by ISPs]

Criminal Code 1995 (Cth), s474.19 'Using a carriage service for child pornography material', s474.23 'Using a carriage service for child abuse material'
at: <http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/cca1995115/sch1.html>

Criminal Code 1999 (Qld), s228C 'Distributing child exploitation material'
at: <http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/qld/consol_act/cc189994/s228c.html>

Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), s91H 'Production, dissemination or possession of child pornography'
at: <http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/ca190082/s91h.html>
["material that depicts or describes, in a manner that would in all the circumstances cause offence to reasonable persons, a person under (or apparently under) the age of 16 years: (a) engaged in sexual activity, or (b) in a sexual context, or (c) as the victim of torture, cruelty or physical abuse (whether or not in a sexual context).”]

Telecommunications Act 1997 (Cth) - ACMA administers carrier licenses pursuant to Part 3
at: <http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/ta1997214/>

Ministerial directions, ACMA declarations etc.

Protecting Australian Families Online Direction No. 2 of 2007, Ministerial direction to ACMA by former Minister Coonan, 9 June 2007
at: <http://www.acma.gov.au/webwr/_assets/main/lib310032/dir_2of07_protect_aust_families_online.pdf>
[Instructions to report by 31 December each year on developments in filtering. Partly illegible.]

Protecting Australian Families Online Direction No. 1 of 2007, Ministerial direction to ACMA by former Minister Coonan, 9 June 2007
at: <http://www.acma.gov.au/webwr/_assets/main/lib310032/dir_1of07_protect_aust_families_online.pdf>
[Instructions to conduct filtering trial, purposes etc.]

Restricted Access System Declaration 2007, ACMA, 20 December 2007
at: <http://www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_310905>
[requirements for limiting access to MA 15+ and R 18+ content hosted in Australia under Sched 5 or 7 BSA]

Issues for Comment (IFC) 29/2007, 'Proposed Restricted Access Systems Declaration for regulating access to MA15+ and R18+ content and amendments to the Telecommunications Service Provider (Mobile Premium Services) Determination 2005 (No. 1) and the Telecommunications Numbering Plan 1997', ACMA, (26 Oct, part 1 closed on 16 Nov, part 2 closed 29 Nov 2007)
at: <http://www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_310813>
[Consultation document for the RAS Declaration 2007. No such IFC document is apparent for the filtering proposal.]

Telecommunications Service Provider (Mobile Premium Services) Determination 2005 (No 1) (MPS Determination)
[predecessor to Content Services Code of July 2008]

Co-regulatory codes

Internet Industry Association, ‘Internet Industry Code of Practice: Content Services Code for Industry Co-Regulation in the Area Of Content Services (Pursuant to the Requirements of Schedule 7 of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 as amended),’ 24 June 2008
at: <http://www.acma.gov.au/webwr/_assets/main/lib310679/registration_of_content_svces_code.pdf>
See also: < http://www.iia.net.au/index. php?option=com_content&task=view&id=415&Itemid=33>

ACMA, 'Content Services Code', approved July 2008, linked from the 'Internet Codes Index'
at: <http://www.acma.gov.au/webwr/_assets/main/lib310679/registration_of_content_svces_code.pdf>
[seems to apply in relation to Australian hosted content (Sch 7 of the Act) - reader make own inquiries! ]

ACMA, 'ACMA approves industry code of practice to protect children from unsuitable online and mobile phone content here', ACMA media release 88/2008, 16 July 2008
at: <http://www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/912091/pc=PC_311247>

ACMA, 'Online content codes', May 2005
at: <http://www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_90080>

Submissions

New South Wales Council for Civil Liberties, 2007, Submission to Senate Environment, Communications, Information Technology and the Arts Committee the Inquiry into the provision of the Communications Legislation Amendment (Content Services) Bill 2007, viewed 24 July 2008,
at: < http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/ecita_ctte/completed_inquiries/2004-07/contentservices/submissions/sub03.pdf>

Court case decisions

McEwen v Simmons & anor [2008] NSWSC 1292 (8 December 2008), NSW Supreme Court, Judge Adams
at: <http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/nsw/supreme_ct/2008/1292.html>
[it confirmed a conviction for "offences of 'possessing child pornography' contrary to s 91H(3) of the Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), and 'using ... computer to access child pornography material' contrary to s474.19(1)(a)(i) of the Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth)" - see above for links.]

Scholarly articles and books

Michael Flood, ‘The harms of pornography exposure among children and young people’ (2010) 18(6) Child Abuse Review 384, February 2010,
at: <http://www.xyonline.net/content/harms-pornography-exposure-among-children-and-young-people>

Michael Gray, ‘Applying Nuisance Law to Internet Obscenity’, January 2010, at: <http://works.bepress.com/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1000&context=michael_gray>.
[Not exactly on-point, but provides a survey of current approaches to unwanted internet content in US jurisdictions.  Iinteresting discussion of economic costs associated with internet obscenity.]

Catharine Lumby, Lelia Green, and John Hartley, ‘Untangling The Net: The Scope of Content Caught By Mandatory Internet Filtering’, December 2009,
at: < http://www.unsw.edu.au/images/pad/2009/dec/untanglingthenet_report.pdf>

Watt, Renée; Maurushat, Alana, "Clean Feed: Australia's Internet Filtering  Proposal" [2009] UNSWLRS 7 (later version published in (2009) 12(2) Internet Law Bulletin 18), at: <http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/UNSWLRS/2009/7.html>
[‘The Australian government's legislation and policy of implementing a national internet filter is compared to policies in Canada, the UK and China. Whilst it aims to prevent access to child pornography, the ACMA blacklist of websites prevents access to legitimate websites. The authors argue that the filter is expensive, bureaucratic, has no clear purpose and interferes with legitimate internet use.’]

David Vaile and Renée Watt, ‘Inspecting the Despicable, Assessing the Unacceptable: Prohibited Packets and the Great Firewall of Canberra’, Telecommunications Journal of Australia, Vol 59, No 2 (2009), abstract: <http://www.tja.org.au/index.php/tja/article/view/113, text: http://www.tja.org.au/index.php/tja/article/view/113/111>; UNSW Faculty of Law Research Paper No 2009-35, September 2009, at: <http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1477816> or [2009] UNSWLRS 35, at: <http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/UNSWLRS/2009/35.html>
[Explores some of the issues that complicate policy development and technical assessment of the internet filtering proposal.]

Geoffrey Sandey, ‘Mandatory ISP Filtering for a Clean Feed to Australian Internet Subscribers’, Proceedings of the Fifteenth Americas Conference on Information Systems, Paper No 779, August 2009, at: <http://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2009/779/>
[Addresses three issues that are “relevant to IT professionals everywhere”. First, the success or failure of the current co-regulatory scheme.  Second, the feasibility and practicality of  “clean-feed” technology.  And finally, assuming a clean feed is practicable, whether government ought to provide it.]

W.Ph. Stola, H.K.W. Kaspersen, J. Kerstens, E.R. Leukfeldt, A.R. Lodder, ‘Government Filtering of Websites: The Dutch case’ 25 Computer Law and Security Review 251, May 2009
at: <http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clsr.2009.03.002>
[Presents research into the technological, legal and practical aspects of internet filtering implemented by the Dutch government in April 2007.]

Janis Wolak, David Finkelhor, Kimberly Mitchell, Trends in Arrests of "Online Predators, Crimes Against Children Research Centre, University of New Hampshire, March 2009, at: <http://www.unh.edu/ccrc/pdf/CV194.pdf>
A report on methodology of the N‐JOV Study is at: <http://unh.edu/ccrc/pdf/N‐JOV2_methodology_report.pdf>

Julian Sanchez, 'A new study looks at the changing profile of the online child predator, and tries to separate the legitimate dangers from the bogeymen,' ArsTechnica, 1 April 1, 2009
at: <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/04/study-tracks-changing-profile-of-online-sexual-predators.ars>
[review of Trends in Arrests of "Online Predators"]

Shishir Nagaraja, Ross Anderson, 'The snooping dragon: social-malware surveillance of the Tibetan movement,' Technical Report Number 746, Cambridge University Computer Laboratory, March 2009
at: <http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/techreports/UCAM-CL-TR-746.pdf>
[refers to various means used to evade detection on networks, inc. Tor, and the conficker/downadup worm] See also:

'Vast Spy System Loots Computers in 103 Countries', FSecure, March 2009
at: <http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00001636.html>

Ron Deibert, Citizen Lab, Munk Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto, Rafal Rohozinski, SecDev Group, Ottawa, and a large team, 'Tracking GhostNet: Investigating a Cyber Espionage Network', Information Warfare Monitor JR02-2009, 29 March 2009
at: <http://www.scribd.com/doc/13731776/Tracking-GhostNet-Investigating-a-Cyber-Espionage-Network>
at: <http://www.infowar-monitor.net/ghostnet>
at: <http://www.tracking-ghost.net>/

Rebecca MacKinnon, ‘China’s Censorship 2.0: How companies censor bloggers’, 14 First Monday 2, February 2009
at: <http://firstmonday.org/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/2378/2089>.
[The Chinese internet filter is sometimes held up as an example of a system that works.  This study explores the censorship of user-generated content by Chinese internet companies.  Systematic testing reveals that domestic censorship is very decentralized with wide variation from company to company.]

Colleen Bryant, ‘Adolescence, pornography and harm’, Trends and Issues in Crime & Justice, No 368, February 2009
at: <http://www.aic.gov.au/upload/aic/publications/tandi2/tandi368.pdf>

Gary Banks, Productivity Commission, ‘Evidence-based policy-making: What is it? How do we get it?’, Australian and New Zealand School of Government/ANU Public Lecture Series 2009, Canberra, 4 February 2009.
at: <http://www.pc.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/85836/cs20090204.pdf>

Michael Flood, ‘Youth, Sex and the Internet,’ (2009) 5(1) Counselling, Psychotherapy and Health 131, at: <http://www.cphjournal.com/archive_journals/v5_1_131-147.pdf>
[Reviews the literature on child access to pornography online and the effects on children.  Suggests possible filtering alternatives.]

Michael Deacon, 'ISPs to provide mandatory internet filtering as government’s NetAlert filtering program is discontinued', Internet Law Bulletin Volume 11 No. 9, LexisNexis AU, January 2009

Nicholas Dickerson, ‘What makes the Internet so special? And why, where, how and by whom should its content be regulated?’ Houston Law Review (2009) 46(61): 61-101, Comment: The Thirteenth Annual Frankel Lecture.
[The article discusses the reasons and approaches to regulating internet content. It focuses on the US Congress’ measures to balance both public and private action. It also explores the role that ISPs and search engine provides play in filtering.]

Justine Nolan, ‘The China Dilemma : Internet Censorship and Corporate Responsibility,’ UNSW Faculty of Law Research Series, Volume 57, December 2008, at: <http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/UNSWLRS/2008/57.html> 
[Considers the role played by US technology companies such as Yahoo, Google and Microsoft in working with the Chinese government to censor Internet content and thus intrude on the human rights to freedom of expression and opinion and the right to privacy. It concludes by focusing on the practicalities of protection and how human rights responsibilities might be apportioned between states and business and if so, how, when and why such an obligation might ensue.]

Palfrey, John, Dena T. Sacco, danah boyd, Laura DeBonis, Jessica Tatlock, Enhancing Child Safety and Online Technologies, Final Report of the Internet Safety Technical Task Force to the Multi-State Working Group on Social Networking of State Attorneys General of the United States, Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, December 2008
at: <http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/pubrelease/isttf/>

Bambauer, Derek, 'Filtering in Oz: Australia's Foray Into Internet Censorship', Brooklyn Law School Legal Studies Research Papers Working Paper Series, Research Paper No. 125, December 2008
SSRN at: <http://ssrn.com/abstract=1319466>
['Australia's decision to implement Internet censorship using technological means creates a natural experiment: the first Western democracy to mandate filtering legislatively, and to retrofit it to a decentralized network architecture. But are the proposed restrictions legitimate? The new restraints derive from the Labor Party's pro-filtering electoral campaign, though coalition government gives minority politicians considerable influence over policy. The country has a well-defined statutory censorship system for on-line and off-line material that may, however, be undercut by relying on foreign and third-party lists of sites to be blocked. While Australia is open about its filtering goals, the government's transparency about what content is to be blocked is poor. Initial tests show that how effective censorship is at filtering prohibited content - and only that content - will vary based on what method the country's ISPs use. Though Australia's decisionmakers are formally accountable to citizens, efforts to silence dissenters, outsourcing of blocking decisions, and filtering's inevitable transfer of power to technicians undercut accountability. The paper argues Australia represents a shift by Western democracies towards legitimating Internet filtering and away from robust consideration of the alternatives available to combat undesirable information.']

Debbie Rosenbaum ' The Great Firewall Down Under - Australia Poised to Begin Internet Filtering Program Unprecedented in Scope for Modern Democracy,' Harvard Journal of Law & Technology (JoLT) Digest Comment, 10 November 2008
at: <http://jolt.law.harvard.edu/digest/digest-comment/digest-comment-the-great-firewall-down-under>
['If the presumption that democracy depends upon the widest possible access to uncensored ideas, data, and opinions is true, then there is cause for great alarm as one of our nation’s closest democratic allies moves to drastically curtail this foundational freedom within its boarders. The Australian government will likely enact legislation that will make sweeping, compulsory Internet censorship a startling reality for all Australian citizens.']

Gordon Hull, 'Overblocking Autonomy: The Case of Mandatory Library Filtering Software', University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Dept. of Philosophy, Continental Philosophy Review, forthcoming, 22 October 2008
SSRN: at: <http://ssrn.com/abstract=1288090>

Lokman Tsui, ‘The Great Firewall as Iron Curtain 2.0: the implications of China’s Internet most dominant metaphor for U.S. Foreign Policy’, 6th Annual Chinese Internet Research Conference, June 2008, at: <http://jmsc.hku.hk/blogs/circ/files/2008/06/tsui_lokman.pdf>.
[Reconstructs the Great Firewall metaphor in an attempt to make sense of the internet and the policies that the Chinese government designs for it. “If we want to make a start at understanding the internet in China in all its complexity, the first step we need to take is to think beyond the Great Firewall metaphor that still has its roots in the Cold War”.]

Parsons, Christopher, 'Deep Packet Inspection in Perspective: Tracing its lineage and surveillance potentials,' the New Transparency Project, Working Paper I, 10 January 2009
at: <http://www.surveillanceproject.org/files/WP_Deep_Packet_Inspection_Parsons_Jan_2008.pdf>

Marsden, Christopher T., Steve Simmons, Ian Brown, Lorna Woods, Adam Peake, Neil Robinson, Stijn Hoorens and Lisa Klautzer, 'Options for and Effectiveness of Internet Self- and Co-Regulation Phase 2: Case Study Report', RAND Europe, prepared for European Commission DG Information Society and Media, SSRN Accepted Paper Series, 15 January 2008
SSRN: at: <http://ssrn.com/abstract=1281374>

Deibert, Ronald, John Palfrey, Rafal Rohozinski, and Jonathan Zittrain, eds., Access Denied: The Practice and Policy of Global Internet Filtering, OpenNet Initiative (Cambridge: MIT Press) 2008
at: <http://opennet.net/accessdenied>/

OpenNet Initiative 'Australia and New Zealand: a regional overview', OpenNet Initiative, 29 May 2007
at: <http://opennet.net/research/regions/au-nz>
['Australia maintains some of the most restrictive Internet policies of any Western nation, while its neighbor, New Zealand, is less rigorous in its Internet regulation. Without any explicit protection of free speech in the constitution, the Australian government has used its "communications power" delineated in the constitution to regulate the availability of offensive content, endowing a government entity with the power to issue take-down notices for Internet content hosted within the country. A number of state and territorial governments in Australia have also passed legislation making the distribution of offensive material a criminal offense, as the constitution does not afford that power to the national government.']

Thierer, Adam, 'Parental Controls & Online Child Protection: A Survey of Tools & Methods', 16 September 2008
SSRN: at: <http://ssrn.com/abstract=1268433>

Moore, Tyler and Richard Clayton, 'The Impact of Incentives on Notice and Take-down', Seventh Workshop on the Economics of Information Security (WEIS 2008), University of Cambridge, UK, 25–28 June 2008
at: <http://weis2008.econinfosec.org/papers/MooreImpact.pdf>

Bambauer, Derek, 'Guiding the Censor's Scissors: Assessing Internet Filtering', Brooklyn Law School Legal Studies Research Papers Working Paper Series, 10 June 2008
SSRN: at: < http://ssrn.com/abstract=1143582>
['The 2008 Beijing Olympic Games drew attention to China's comprehensive system for restricting access to Web sites and on-line information. But Internet censorship is on the rise worldwide, in democratic and authoritarian states alike. Since a country's mode of governance is no longer an effective proxy for the legitimacy of its on-line controls, this Article proposes a process-based methodology to evaluate Internet filtering based upon how a state decides to censor, how carefully it does so, and how involved citizens are in these policy choices. Drawing upon scholarship in deliberative democracy, health policy, labor standards, and cyberlaw, this four-part framework analyzes censorship's openness, transparency, narrowness, and accountability. It seeks to develop quantitative metrics to measure these factors through an open, competitive process, and to apply them to corporate decisions about technology sales, public law regulation of censorship tools, and third-party evaluation of state-based filtering. ']

Chandler, Jennifer A. , 'A Right to Reach an Audience: An Approach to Intermediary Bias on the Internet', Hofstra Law Review, 2008
SSRN: at: <http://ssrn.com/abstract=1021344>

Kierkegaard, Sylvia, 'Cybering, Online Grooming and Ageplay', Computer Law & Security Report, Vol. 24, No. 2, pp. 93-186, 2008
SSRN: at: <http://ssrn.com/abstract=1114282>

Bartow, Ann, 'Pornography, Coercion, and Copyright Law 2.0', Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment and Technology Law, Vol. 10, No. 4, 2008
SSRN: at: <http://ssrn.com/abstract=1137973>

Jonathan Werve, 'Internet Censorship: A Comparative Study', Global Integrity Commons, 19 February 2008
at: <http://commons.globalintegrity.org/2008/02/internet-censorship-comparative-study.html>

Thierer, Adam, 'Congress, Content Regulation, and Child Protection: The Expanding Legislative Agenda', Progress & Freedom Foundation, Progress Snapshot Paper No. 4.4, 6 February 2008
SSRN: at: <http://ssrn.com/abstract=1092163>

Deva , Surya ,"'Yahoo! For Good' and the Right to Privacy of Internet Users: A Critique", Journal of Internet Law, Vol. 11, No. 9, pp. 3-10, 2008, 21 July 2008
SSRN: at: <http://ssrn.com/abstract=1165483>
['the efficacy of privacy data laws in protecting the right to privacy of Internet users' in Hong Kong, in the context of Chinese Internet censorship.]

Preston, Cheryl B., 'Offshore Porn is a Flimsy Excuse,' Brigham Young University Utah, J. Reuben Clark Law School, 16 June 2008
SSRN: at: <http://ssrn.com/abstract=1146653>

Alan Davidson, ‘Compulsory internet censorship : new laws aim to provide a 'clean feed' to users,' (2008) 28 (1) PROCTOR 41, at http://www.camla.org.au/clb/archive.aspx?year=1999   
[‘Plans announced by the Federal Government to censor internet materials available to households and schools - arguments for and against the mandatory internet service provider (ISP) filtering proposal - operatio of internet filters.’ Provides a basic overview of proposed internet censorship laws and the technology involved. Includes a list of IIA Family Friendly filters and an example of filtering used in ‘Education Queensland’ schools.

Brian Simpson, ‘New Labour, new censorship? Politics, religion and internet filtering in Australia’, Information and Communication Technology Law, (2008), 17(3) p167-183, PDF at: http://pdfserve.informaworld.com/633761_751309012_905697507.pdf
[discusses the proposed internet filter, with particular focus on the debate surrounding the definition of “clean feed” and “inappropriate content”. He examines the role and attitudes of religious groups and their current and potential influence over the policy.]

Samir N Hamade, ‘Internet Filtering and Censorship,’ Information Technology: New Generations,’ 2008. ITNG 2008. Fifth International Conference on Information Technology, abstract at: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=4492629
[Provides a general overview of current internet filtering technology. Provides a list of the most used internet filtering software and discusses whether filtering is considered protection or censorship.]

Janis Wolak, Kimberly Mitchell and David Finkelhor, ‘Unwanted and wanted exposure to online pornography in a National Sample of Youth Internet Users,’ Pediatrics Vol. 119 No. 2 1 February 2007, pp. 247 -257
(doi: 10.1542/peds.2006-1891),abstract at: http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/119/2/247.abstract
[Authors surveyed a sample of 10 – 17 year olds to examine the level of unwanted vs. wanted exposure to online pornography. 42% of youth reported being exposed to online pornography, of those 66% reporting only unwanted exposure. Filtering/blocking software reduced the risk of unwanted exposure, as did presentations on Internet safety. The article also determined that youth with certain vulnerabilities such as depression, interpersonal victimisation, and delinquent tendencies had more exposure.]

Thierer, Adam, the Hon. Melissa L. Bean, Sharon Miller Cindrich, Larry Magid, Nancy E. Willard, “Cyber Safety in a Web 2.0 World: What Parents and Policymakers Need to Know”, Progress & Freedom Foundation, Progress on Point 14.25, 27 December 2007
at: <http://www.pff.org/issues-pubs/pops/pop14.25cybersafetyweb.pdf>

Tim Wu and Christopher Yoo, 'Keeping the Internet Neutral?: Tim Wu and Christopher Yoo Debate' , Federal Communications Law Journal, Vol. 59, No. 3, 2007, Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 06-27, Vanderbilt Law and Economics Working Paper No. 06-30, Columbia Law and Economics Working Paper No. 310
http://ssrn.com/abstract=953989>

Thierer, Adam, "Two Sensible, Education-Based Legislative Approaches to Online Child Safety,” by Adam Thierer, Progress & Freedom Foundation, Progress Snapshot 3.10, September 2007
at: <http://www.pff.org/issues-pubs/ps/2007/ps3.10safetyeducationbills.pdf>

Brown, Ian, 'Internet Censorship: Be Careful What You Ask for', University of Oxford, Oxford Internet Institute, Working Paper Series, 16 January 2007
SSRN: at: <http://ssrn.com/abstract=1026597>
['A growing number of states worldwide are imposing mandatory requirements on Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to prevent their subscribers from accessing overseas content that would be banned under local laws. It is well known that undemocratic states such as China implement online censorship; but a number of democracies with constitutional guarantees of freedom of expression are also imposing digital filters. States have further put pressure on Web publishers to remove content hosted outside their jurisdiction. This article critically examines the Internet filtering regimes and technologies used in a range of democratic and undemocratic states. It considers the effectiveness of filters, their impact on newer distribution systems such as peer-to-peer networks, and their compatibility with principles of freedom of expression. It concludes by contrasting the very limited effect of filters on determined users outside totalitarian states with their potential to impose mass censorship on mainstream Internet users. ']

Wu, Tim,'The World Trade Law of Internet Filtering', Columbia University Law School Working Papers, 3 May 2006
SSRN: at: <http://ssrn.com/abstract=882459>

Colangelo A & Maurushat A, “Exploring the limits of computer code as a protected form of expression: a suggested approach to encryption, computer viruses, and technological protection measure” McGill Law Journal, 22 March 2006 at: <http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-20586917_ITM> (free access to part text)

Goldsmith, Jack and Tim Wu, Who Controls the Internet?: Illusions of a Borderless World (Oxford 2006)

Richard Clayton, ‘Failures in a Hybrid Content Blocking System’, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (Springer Berlin: 2006), pp. 78-92, abstract at: http://www.springerlink.com/content/44542q0g83080427/
[Discussion of the internet filtering technologies used in the UK’s CleanFeed system. Includes discussion of the design, and ways the system can be evaded or attacked.]

Marcos Forte, Wanderley Lopes de Souza and Antonio Francisco do Prado. ‘A content classification and filtering server for the Internet,’ Symposium on Applied Computing, Proceedings of the 2006 ACM symposium on Applied Computing, 1166-1171, at: http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1141553
[proposes a server for classification and filtering Web content based on a ‘content adaptation architecture’. The structure can be adapted to particular user preferences in an attempt to overcome problems associated with URL blocking. The structure takes into account characteristics and capacities of access devices, personal user information and preferences, conditions of the communication network, characteristics of the requested contents, and terms of agreement between service provider and end user. The structure does not depend on hardware or software characteristics of the device, but is done through external devices such as proxies. This makes it suitable for a range of mobile devices.]

Depken, Craig A., 'The Demand for Censorship; Who Supports Internet Censorship?', First Monday, Vol. 11, No. 9, September 2006
SSRN: at: <http://ssrn.com/abstract=300859>

Bambauer, Derek, Ronald Deibert, John Palfrey, Rafal Rohozinski, Nart Villeneuve, Jonathan Zittrain, 'Internet Filtering in China in 2004-2005: A Country Study', Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School, Research Publication No. 2005-10 15 April 2005,
SSRN: at: <http://ssrn.com/abstract=706681>
['China's Internet filtering regime is the most sophisticated effort of its kind in the world. Compared to similar efforts in other states, China's filtering regime is pervasive, sophisticated, and effective. It comprises multiple levels of legal regulation and technical control. It involves numerous state agencies and thousands of public and private personnel. It censors content transmitted through multiple methods, including Web pages, Web logs, on-line discussion forums, university bulletin board systems, and e-mail messages. Our testing found efforts to prevent access to a wide range of sensitive materials, from pornography to religious material to political dissent. We sought to determine the degree to which China filters sites on topics that the Chinese government finds sensitive, and found that the state does so extensively. Chinese citizens seeking access to Web sites containing content related to Taiwanese and Tibetan independence, Falun Gong, the Dalai Lama, the Tiananmen Square incident, opposition political parties, or a variety of anti-Communist movements will frequently find themselves blocked. Contrary to anecdote, we found that most major American media sites, such as CNN, MSNBC, and ABC, are generally available in China (though the BBC remains blocked). Moreover, most sites we tested in our global list's human rights and anonymizer categories are accessible as well. While it is difficult to describe this widespread filtering with precision, our research documents a system that imposes strong controls on its citizens' ability to view and to publish Internet content. This report was produced by the OpenNet Initiative']

Bartow, Ann,'Women in the Web of Secondary Copyright Liability and Internet Filtering'. Northern Kentucky Law Review, Symposium Issue, Spring 2005. Available at
SSRN: at: <http://ssrn.com/abstract=755724>
[' ... a powerful need for Internet legal theorists and activists to pay substantially more attention to the gender-based differences in communicative style and substance that have been imported from real space to cyberspace. Information portals, such as libraries and web logs, are "gendered" in ways that may not be facially apparent. Women are creating and experiencing social solidarity online in ways that male scholars and commentators do not seem to either recognize or deem important. Internet specific content restrictions for the purposes of "protecting copyrights" and "protecting children" jeopardize online freedoms for women in diverse ways, and sometimes for different reasons than they do for men. Disparities in the ways women and men use, experience and communicate over the Internet need to be recognized, studied, and accommodated by those who would theorize cyberspace law and advocate directions for its evolution.']

Holland, H. Brian, 'Inherently Dangerous: The Potential for an Internet-Specific Standard Restricting Speech that Performs a Teaching Function', (2005) University of San Francisco Law Review, Vol. 39, No. 353, 2005.
SSRN: at: <http://ssrn.com/abstract=1113184>

OpenNet Initiative ‘Internet Filtering in China in 2004-2005: A Country Study’ at
<at: <http://opennet.net/studies/china>>

Fitzgerald, Brian R., 'Edelman v. N2H2: At the Crossroads of Copyright and Filtering Technology', Mayer Brown LLP NY, Brooklyn Law Review, Vol. 69, Summer 2004
SSRN: at: <http://ssrn.com/abstract=620727>

Nunziato, Dawn C., 'Toward a Constitutional Regulation of Minors' Access to Harmful Internet Speech,' Chicago-Kent Law Review, Vol. 79, No. 121, 2004
SSRN: at: <http://ssrn.com/abstract=1003418>

Katia Bodard, ‘Free access to information challenged by filtering techniques,’ (2003) 12(3) Information & Communications Technology Law 263; Research Fellow at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Institute for European Studies
[Discussion about impact of internet filtering techniques on free access to information and free speech.
Analysis of French, German, Irish and Saudi Arabian cases challenging use of blocking and filtering devices on Yahoo!.
Comment on technical, material and financial problems associated with filtering techniques and liability position of internet service providers.
Examination of potential legal solutions to problems associated with filtering techniques including proposal for international convention.
‘The exponential growth and explosion of information on the Internet has given rise to several questions of a sociological, economic, political and legal nature, especially as regards the issue of free access to information and possible limitations to this free use. Since the Internet is a global operating network exceeding national territories, the problem of universal jurisdiction arises when conflicts emerge. Filtering techniques have been introduced to deal with this problem. However the use of filtering techniques poses several difficulties as well and can therefore clearly have a chilling effect on free speech. In the following article the author will highlight some of the problems with reference to the experiences of the information portal Yahoo!.’]

Niranjan Arasaratnam, ‘Internet Censorship: See No Evil, Speak No Evil, Hear No Evil,’ (1999) 18(2) Communications Law Bulletin 1
[Discussion of Broadcasting Services Amendment (Online Services) Act 1999 (Cth).
Discussion of effect upon internet content hosts, internet service providers and internet commerce.
Discussion of deficiencies of Act including e-mail exclusion; definitional problems; reliance on industry codes; anti-avoidance measures; complaint flooding.
Argues that Government drafted Act relying upon myths including: evidence there was community concern over offensive material on internet; filtering material is technically and commercially feasible; internet is a live broadcast medium.]

Brendan Scott, 'An Essential Guide to Internet Censorship in Australia,' 30 November 1999
formerly at: http://www.gtlaw.com.au/pubs/essentialguidecensorship.html, now see http://web.archive.org/web/20000411190742/http://gtlaw.com.au/pubs/essentialguidecensorship.html
[operation of Broadcasting Services Amendment (Online Services) Act 1999 (Cth).
Analysis of scope of operation of Act with respect to internet content hosts and internet content hosted both within Australia and overseas.
Power of Australian Broadcasting Authority to make determinations applicable to internet services providers and internet conten hosts.
Act defining internet content as broadcast media content.
Criticism of Act as being in effect carrier liability legislation.
whether Act offends principles of free speech.
access prevention rules and industry codes.
online provider rules.]

Wu, Tim, 'Internet v Application: Application-Centered Internet Analysis', Working Paper Series, 15 March 15 1999
SSRN: at: <http://ssrn.com/abstract=157928>
[distinguishes different application platforms as significantly different for purposes of filtering and censorship.]

Technical and other reports (non-government)

Reports

McNair Ingenuity Research, “Internet Regulation Survey Conducted for Hungry Beast 2010”, February 2010, at: <http://hungrybeast.abc.net.au/sites/default/files/documents/Internet%20Regulation%20Survey%20-%20Report_FINAL.pdf>

Barrie Hall (General Manager, BigBond & SD&A Networks, Telstra Corporation), “Blacklist Blocking Trial, Final Trial Report”, June 2009
at <http://exchange.telstra.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/TBT-final-report1.pdf>

Policy statements, commentary, analysis and selected blog posts

[See other external lists for more complete coverage. Some entries in Media, below, also include comment.]

Australian commentary etc.

“Conroy’s Internet Filter Dread,” Crikey, 28 September 2009, at: <http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/28/conroy%e2%80%99s-internet-filter-dread/>

'Aussie Minister: “I Never Wanted to Filter P2P”' ZeroPaid,21 September 2009, at: <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/87039/aussie-minister-i-never-wanted-to-filter-p2p/>

“ACMA I-Tunes and the Failure of Net Filtering,” Crikey, 14 September 2009, at: <http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/14/acma-itunes-and-the-failure-of-net-filtering/>

Jacobs Colin, “Conroy’s Blazing Guns Won’t Tame the West Web,” The Australian, IT section, 3 September 2009, http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,26025025-5013046,00.html>
[Extract: When pressed on how the plan will really protect minors, the government's rhetoric changes. Now the plan is about "enforcing existing laws'' and cracking down on those who distribute violent and illegal material such as that depicting child sexual abuse.]

Senator Nick Minchin, “Labor Should End Mandatory Internet Filtering Farce,” Nick Minchin web site, 2 September 2009, at: <http://www.nickminchin.com.au/news/default.asp?action=article&ID=110>

Sean, 'Filtering Wrap Up: Of Swallows and Silver Bullets,' Somebody Think of the Children, 9 August 2009 at: http://www.somebodythinkofthechildren.com/filtering-wrap-swallows-silver-bullets/

Kidman Alex, “China delays Net filtering; Australia sticks to its guns,” APC Magazine, 1 July 2009, at: <http://apcmag.com/china-delays-net-filtering-australia-sticks-to-its-guns.htm

Keane Bernard, “ACMA’s blacklist stuff up response: so sue us,” Crikey, 26 May 2009, at: <http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/26/acmas-blacklist-stuff-up-response-so-sue-us/>

“Internet Filtering, Speed won’t be the issue,” Crikey, 27 July 2009, at: <http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/27/internet-filtering-speed-won%e2%80%99t-be-the-issue/>

“Rudd & Conroy Gambling on Mandatory Internet Filtering Working,” Broowery, 17 July 2009, https://broowery.com/content/rudd-conroy-gambling-mandatory-internet-censorship-working#footnote1_905n54g>

Lockhart Scott, “Australian Censorship Sucks,” 9 July 2009, at <http://www.regator.com/blog/?p=671>

Senator Nick Minchin, “Will Labor ignore cracks in China’s ‘Great Firewall’ to introduce a flawed mandatory internet filter?”, Liberal Party web site, 8 June 2009, at: <http://www.liberal.org.au/news.php?Id=3251>

Pauli Darren, “ICANN says Web filters will “embarrass” Aussie govt,” 1 July 2009, at: <http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/309524>

Maher Rachel, “Net Nanny Advocate Does Backflip,” New Matilda, 5 June 2009, at: <http://newmatilda.com/2009/06/05/original-net-nanny-advocate-does-back-flip>
[Abstract: Sociologist Michael Flood was one of the original supporters of ISP-based filtering and his work is often used to justify Labor's clean feed proposal. He now says it's a bad idea.
Extract: "I am now far less convinced than I used to be of the value of ISP-based filtering as a strategy," he said at the forum. "I am much more convinced of its technological problems and I am much more convinced of its political dangers ... Clive Hamilton on the other hand — my then co-author — is still a firm advocate, I believe, but he and I have gone in separate directions."]

Elias Bizannes, “The Rudd Filter,” Silicon Beach community, undated, at: http://siliconbeachaustralia.org/ruddfilter/
A letter to the Senators of the Australian Parliament on the inefficiency of a filtering system and its negative impacts including costs. Suggests that an optional opt-in ISP filter is the solution.

“Live filtering pilot has no success criteria,” Somebody Think of the Children, 2 June 2009 at: <http://www.somebodythinkofthechildren.com/live-filtering-pilot-has-no-success-criteria/>

[FOI request]
http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/23/so-conroys-internet-filter-wont-block-political-speech-eh/

Pauli Darren, “Web filters threaten national security,” Computerworld, 4 May 2009 at: <http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/301831/web_filters_threaten_national_security>

Electronic Freedom Project, at: <http://wiki.efp.org.au/index.php?title=Score_Card
[Note: Tally of support and concern about Clean Feed of members of parliament according to response to queries about individual stance.]

Holloway David, “The Gaming Classification Farce and Conroys Internet Filter,” Crikey, 30 June 2009, at: <http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/30/the-gaming-classification-farce-and-conroys-internet-filter/>

Holloway David, “Open Letter On Virtual World for Stephen Conroy”, The Metaverse Journal, at:
<http://www.metaversejournal.com/2009/06/25/an-open-letter-on-virtual-worlds-for-senator-conroy/>

Peter Black, ‘EFA welcomes Liberal call for greater liberties’, Electronic Frontiers Australia site, 12 March 2010,
at: < http://www.efa.org.au/2010/03/12/efa-welcomes-liberal-call-for-greater-liberties/>

Kate Lundy, ‘My thoughts on the Safer Internet Group statement’, Kate Lundy Blog, 16 February 2010,
at: < http://www.katelundy.com.au/2010/02/16/my-thoughts-on-the-safer-internet-group-statement/>

Chris Dziemborowicz, 'So What Exactly Is Prohibited Content?,' New Matilda, 16 Apr 2009
at: <http://newmatilda.com/2009/04/16/so-what-exactly-prohibited-content>

Mark Newtown, 'Senator Conroy Blacklists His Own Police', New Matilda, 14 April 2009
at: <http://newmatilda.com/polliegraph/?p=567>

Mark Newton, 'Internet censorship,' ABC Unleashed, 8 April 2009
at: <http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/stories/s2536879.htm>

David Marr, 'Tyranny, the price paid for not giving offence,' SMH online, 1 April 2009
at: <http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/tyranny-the-price-paid-for-not-giving-offence-20090331-9i7p.html>

Myles Peterson, 'Games to be blacklisted,' Political Games Blog, Canberra Times, 1 April 2009
at: <http://www.canberratimes.com.au/blogs/political-games/games-to-be-blacklisted/1475313.aspx>

Australian Christian Lobby, 'ACL confirms porn filter stance', ACL media release, 31 March 2009
at: <http://www.acl.org.au/pdfs/load_pdf_public.pdf?pdf_id=1290>

Stilgherrian, 'Conroy’s really bad week #347: Classification Board website hacked', Crikey, 27 March 2009
at: <http://www.crikey.com.au/Politics/20090327-Conroys-really-bad-week-347-Classification-Board-website-hacked.html>

Myles Peterson, ''Having a look at it is not a crime'", Political Games Blog, Canberra Times, 27 March 2009
at: <http://www.canberratimes.com.au/blogs/political-games/having-a-look-at-it-is-not-a-crime/1471681.aspx>

Andrew Bartlett, 'Effective alternatives to mandatory Internet filtering,' Crikey Blogs, 25 March 2009
at: <http://blogs.crikey.com.au/bartlett/2009/03/25/effective-alternatives-to-mandatory-internet-filtering/>

Australian Christian Lobby, 'Canberra filtering rally loses sight of the need to protect children,' ACL media release, 21 March 2009
at: <http://www.acl.org.au/pdfs/load_pdf_public.pdf?pdf_id=1286>

Women’s Forum Australia, 'Government must act immediately to end access to downloadable gang rape game,' WFA media release, 25 February 2009
at: <http://www.womensforumaustralia.com/images/pressreleases/090225%20downloadable%20rape%20game.pdf>

Colin Jacobs, EFA, 'Putting the filtering cart before the horse', ZDnet blog, 24 February 2009
at: <http://www.zdnet.com.au/insight/communications/soa/Putting-the-filtering-cart-before-the-horse/0,139023754,339295136,00.htm>

Guy Rundle, 'There is no bigger issue than net censorship,' Crikey online, 17 March 2009
at: <http://www.crikey.com.au/Politics/20090318-Rundle-Conroys-attack-on-free-speech-gears-up.html>
[extended opinion piece: free speech as a prerequisite for all other public discussions of policy issues, history of defence of free speech in Australia, limitations of online campaigning]

Colin Jacobs, 'ACMA censors, Australians protest,' EFA web site, 16 March 2009
at: <http://www.efa.org.au/2009/03/16/acma-censors-australians-protest/>

Ben Grubb, 'A Faith-Based Approach - Conroy And His Filter,' TechWired Blogs, 14 March 2009
at: <http://techwiredau.com/2009/03/a-faith-based-approach-conroy-and-his-filter/>

Colin Jacobs, 'Net censorship already having a chilling effect,' EFA web site, 13 March 2009
at: <http://www.efa.org.au/2009/03/13/net-censorship-already-having-a-chilling-effect/>

Scott Ludlam, 'Net filter plan nurtures 'open source government', ABC online Opinion, 16 February 2009
at: <http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/02/16/2492571.htm>

Senator Nick Minchin, Shadow Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate, 'False start for Labor's internet filtering trials', media release, 11th February 2009
at: <http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au:80/parlInfo/download/media/pressrel/CNRS6/upload_binary/cnrs60.pdf>

'ISP Level Content Filtering', Whirlpool discussion forums, November 2008 -- ongoing
at: <http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum/?action=threads_search&q=ISP+content+level+filtering&f=>

‘Live Trial’ so far avoids protecting children, Websinthe blog, 11 February 2009
at: <http://blog.websinthe.org/2009/02/11/live-trial-so-far-avoids-protecting-children/>

Colin Jacobs EFA, 'Confused filtering policy won't deliver', ABC News Online, Opinion section, 3 February 2009
at: <http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/02/03/2480672.htm>

'Internet Filtering Trials Logical and Necessary,' Christian Today, 2 February 2009,
at: <http://au.christiantoday.com/article/internet-filtering-trials-logical-and-necessary/5279.htm>
[reprinting ACL media release at: <http://www.acl.org.au/pdfs/load_pdf_public.pdf?pdf_id=1250&from=national>]

Mark Newton and Jim Wallace, guests in debate hosted by Richard Aedy on 'Mandatory internet filter', Life Matters, ABC Radio National, 9:05 am, 29 January 2009
at: <http://www.abc.net.au/rn/lifematters/stories/2009/2476371.htm>
Comments in at: <Guestbook>.

Colin Jacobs, EFA, 'Filtering won’t deliver for Aussie kids', Online Opinion, 28 January 2009
at: <http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=8445>

Jim Wallace, Australian Christian Lobby, 'Filtering filth will not tangle the net,' opinion piece, SMH online, 26 January 2009
at: <http://www.smh.com.au/news/opinion/filtering-filth-will-not-tangle-the-net/2009/01/25/1232818241442.html>

Senator Scott Ludlam, 'Questions to Senator Conroy on the Internet Filter Question,' Scott Ludlam web site, 25 January 2009
at: <http://scott-ludlam.greensmps.org.au/content/question/questions-senator-conroy-internet-filter>

Ben Grubb, 'User Submits Abortion Site as Web Filter Test,' Techwired Australia (blog), 24 January 2009
at: <http://techwiredau.com/2009/01/interview-user-submits-abortion-site-as-web-filter-test/>

Helen Razer, 'Hey, Senator - leave us discerning viewers of pornography alone,' Sydney Morning Herald, 24 January 2009
at: <http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2009/01/23/1232471591602.html>

Nick Minchin, ‘Big brother filter plan insults parents’, opinion piece, SMH online, 22 January 2009
at: <http://www.smh.com.au/news/opinion/big-brother-filter-plan-insults parents/2009/01/21/1232471392459.html>

Mark Newton, letter, 22 January 2009
at: <http://users.on.net/~newton/rudd-2009-01-22.pdf>

'ACMA caught blocking political content', Websinthe (blog), 22 January 2009
at: <http://blog.websinthe.org/2009/01/22/acma-caught-blocking-political-content/>

Nick Farrell, 'Why national Internet filters are pointless', The Inquirer, 21 January 2009
at: <http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/opinion/555/1050555/why-national-filters-pointless>
at: <http://www.itnews.com.au/News/94582,opinion-why-national-internet-filters-are-pointless.aspx>

Australian Library and Information Association, 'ALIA'S ten questions on censorship for Senator Stephen Conroy' , 9 January 2008
at: <http://www.alia.org.au/media.room/2008.01.09.html>

Libertus.Net, 'Australian Government Mandatory ISP Filtering/Censorship Plan', updated January 2009
at: <http://libertus.net/censor/ispfiltering-au-govplan.html>

'Filter wrap up: post break edition', Ban This URL, 10 January 2009
at: <http://www.banthisurl.com/2009/01/filter-wrap-up-post-break-edition>/

Mark Newton, 'Won't Somebody Think of the Adults?', Policy, Centre for Independent Studies, Summer 2008-09
at: <http://www.cis.org.au/POLICY/Summer08-09/newton_summer08.html> and edited for Adelaide Advertiser 6 January 2009 at: <http://www.cis.org.au/executive_highlights/EH2008/eh74608.html>

Senator Hon Nick Minchin, Shadow Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Leader of the Opposition in the Senate, 'Conroy keeps damning internet filtering report buried', Liberal Party of Australia, 23rd December 2008
at: <http://www.liberal.org.au/news.php?Id=2430>

Doctorow C, ‘How to Make Child-Porn Blocks Safer for the Internet’, The Guardian 16 December 2008
at: <http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/dec/16/cory-doctorow-wikipedia>

Egan Orion, 'MPAA lobbies Obama for Internet filtering', The Inquirer online, 11 December 2008
at: <http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/opinion/993/1049993/mpaa-lobbies-obama-for-internet-filtering>

Kerry Miller, "Liberal tyranny on the World Wide Web", Spiked-Online, 10 December 2008
at: <http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php?/site/article/6011/>

'iiNet and internet filtering', iiNet, undated 2008
at: <http://www.iinet.net.au/customers/iinews/internet-filtering.html>

Analysis of the Government’s technical testing framework for the upcoming censorship pilot, Ban This URL, 4 December 2008
at: <http://www.banthisurl.com/2008/12/analysis-of-the-governments-technical-testing-framework-for-the-upcoming-censorship-pilot>/

'Government Digital Economy Blog Launch', Beyond the Fringe blog, 9 December 2008
at: <http://www.kadaitcha.com/2008/12/09/government-digital-economy-blog-launch/>

'Live filter pilot will not involve real customers,' Somebody Think Of The Children blog, 5 December 2008
at: <http://www.somebodythinkofthechildren.com/live-filter-pilot-will-not-involve-real-customers/>

Geordie Guy, 'Would InternetWatch Actually WORK?, New Matilda, 4 December 2008
at: <http://newmatilda.com/2008/12/04/would-internetwatch-actually-work>

'Kids get the message about staying safe online', NAPCAN, media release, 1 December 2008
at: <http://www.napcan.org.au/documents/media%20releases/1%20December%20
media%20release%20DIGITAL%20INDUSTRY%20Final.pdf >

Clive Hamilton, 'Net porn: Whose rights matter most?,' ABC Online Opinion, 1 December 2008
at: <http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/12/01/2433845.htm>

Australian Christian Lobby, 'Christian Lobby calls for bipartisan support of ISP filtering,' media release, 1 December 2008
at: <http://www.acl.org.au/pdfs/load_pdf_public.pdf?pdf_id=1230>

[author unknown], ''Chinese firewall could be erected in Australia,' Amnesty International Australia news site, 28 November 2008
at: <http://www.amnesty.org.au/news/comments/19915/>

Jack Marx, 'Filtering the Bible', The Australian blog, Friday, November 14, 2008
at: <http://blogs.news.com.au/jackmarxlive/index.php/news/comments/filtering_the_bible/44533>

Clive Hamilton, 'Hamilton: Net p-rn goes way beyond naughty,' Crikey, 20 November 2008
at: <http://www.crikey.com.au/Politics/20081120-Free-speech-and-net-porn-.html>

Raena Lea-Shannon, 'Conroy's Web,' New Matilda, 20 Nov 2008
at: <http://newmatilda.com/2008/11/20/conroys-web >

Nina Funnel (Sydney University), 'Internet 'thinspiration'', Online Opinion, 19 November 2008
at: <http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=8170> [anorexia and online censorship]

Antony Loewenstein, 'Government uploads hypocrisy with internet censorship,' Online Opinion, 14 November 2008
at: <http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=8162>

Elias Bizannes, 'The Rudd Filter', open letter to Senators, 2 November 2008
at: <http://siliconbeachaustralia.org/ruddfilter/>
[Case for opt in filters, background]

Peter Black, 'Net filter an assault on freedom that just won't work,' The Courier-Mail, 29 October 2008
at: <http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,24570880-27197,00.html>

Various, 'Government censored internet - the great firewall of Australia?', Sydney Anglicans (blog), October/November 2008
at: <http://www.sydneyanglicans.net/forums/viewthread/3673/>
['We also need a definition of what ‘illegal’ content will be blocked. Clearly they can’t block all illegal content, again even with a site blacklist you can’t. So what are they looking for? Why is this government being so secretive about this? Freedom of expression, freedom of religion, all our freedoms are in some way threatened by this filtering plan. Australian state and federal governments have already demonstrated that they seem to think that offending someone is illegal. This worries me greatly.']

Philip Annetta, 'First They Came For The Perverts,' New Matilda, 23 Oct 2008
at: <http://newmatilda.com/2008/10/23/first-they-came-perverts>

Link to blog posts about the 28 November 2008 UNSW forum on Peter Black's Freedom to Differ ('A blog that speaks freely about legal and policy issues facing the media and the internet)
at: <http://www.freedomtodiffer.com/freedom_to_differ/2008/11/forum-internet-filtering-and-censorship-proposals-1.html>

Mark Newton (ISP technical commentator), 'Internet Censorship in Australia', open letter to MP, 20 October 2008
at: <http://librariansmatter.com/blog/2008/10/27/internet-censorship-in-australia-letter-from-mark-newton/>

Daniel Bishton, 'Gen-Yers will use social networks to by-pass Internet filter, critic says', Computerworld, 26 November 2008
at: <http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/268810/gen-yers_will_use_social_networks_by-pass_internet_filter_critic_says?eid=-255>
['Once a workaround is found to by-pass the government’s Internet filter, it will spread like wildfire on social networking sites says Internode engineer Mark Newton']

Mark Newton , 'Filter advocates need to check their facts', ABC Online - Opinion, 10 November 2008
at: <http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/11/10/2414895.htm>

Anh Nguyen (researcher with the Australian Family Association and former Victorian Election candidate for Family First), 'Online filtering recognises families' concerns', ABC Online - Opinion, 4 November 2008
at: <http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/11/04/2409508.htm>
[response to Newton reference in at: <Meloni piece; > includes many responses from readers]

Malcolm Colless, interview, ‘Content of communications’, Network Insight, July 2008
at: <http://www.networkinsight.org/4_content_of_communications.html>

ISOC-AU, Telecommunications Consumer Consultation Meeting, 'Cyber Savvy: Building Confidence in the Internet', 10 March 2008 [notes]
at: <http://isoc-au.org.au/TCCM/tccm100308.html>

Paul Brooks (independent technical expert), for ISOC-AU, presentation [PPT]
[technical issues for ISP filtering]

Childwise/ Bernadette McMenamin, 'Abuse Epidemic urges Australians to', Media Release, 12 February 2008
at: <http://www.childwise.net/media_room/media_releases?newsitem=18>

Libertus.net, 'Statistics Laundering: false and fantastic figures', 25 November 2008 [response to McMenamin]
at: <http://libertus.net/censor/resources/statistics-laundering.html>

Peter Black, 'Net filter an assault on freedom that just won't work,' opinion piece, Courier-Mail, 29 October 2008
at: <http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,24570880-27197,00.html>

Jennifer Dudley, 'Adult Australians don’t need a net nanny', Hi Tech Blog, Courier-Mail, 29 October 2008
at: <http://blogs.news.com.au/couriermail/hitech/index.php/couriermail/
comments/adult_australians_dont_need_a_net_nanny/>

Antony Loewenstein, 'URL Not Available,' New Matilda, 26 Feb. 2008
at: <http://newmatilda.com/2008/02/26/url-not-available> [China and the games]

Kath Albury, Catharine Lumby and Alan McKee, 'The Pursuit of Innocents,' New Matilda, 6 June 2008
at: <http://newmatilda.com/2008/06/06/pursuit-innocents>
['The authors of The Porn Report explain the who, what and how of the "child porn" industry']

Amy Tiemann, 'When will kids' online safety be taken seriously?,' CNet blogs, 2 January 2008
at: <http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9838515-7.html>

'Petitions to parliament drove ALP’s Internet filtering policy', Stilgherrian.com, 15 January 2008
at: <http://stilgherrian.com/politics/petitions_drove_filtering_policy>/

Bernadette McMenamin, 'Filters needed to battle child porn,' The Australian IT section, 8 January 2008
at: <http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,23021828-5013038,00.html>

Michael Flood and Clive Hamilton, Regulating Youth Access to Pornography, Discussion Paper Number 53, The Australia Institute, March 2003 [PDF] https://www.tai.org.au/file.php?file=DP53.pdf>
[suggested as one source of the current filter policy, though with youth as would-be users, not as child porn subjects]

Clive Hamilton, '93% of Parents Back Tough Net Porn Laws,' Australia Institute media release, 5 March 2003
https://www.tai.org.au/file.php?file=MR141.pdf>

Heath Gibson, 'Shooting the Messenger: A Critique of Australia’s Internet Content Regulation Regime', Issue Analysis No 10, Centre for Independent Studies, 2 February 2000
at: <http://www.cis.org.au/issue_analysis/IA10/IA10.PDF>

unattributed, 'Legal Information: Censorship', VicNet Community Portal archive, http://archive.vicnet.net.au/legal/censorship.htm
[an archived compilation of sources, a snapshot from about 1999-2000].

International commentary etc.

Internet Villain award, Senator Conroy nomination and winner, ISPA Awards, UK Internet Services Providers' Association, 9 July 2009
at: <http://www.ispaawards.org.uk//page/category_internet_villain>

Watchdog International, 'EU wants laws for mandatory ISP blocking of Child Porn: The European Union turns up the heat so governments will be able to force ISP blocking of CSAI,' 9 April 2009, available at http://www.watchdoginternational.net/index.php/press-releases/52-press-releases-external/111-eu-want-laws-to-force-isps-to-block-child-porn

Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, Deep Packet Inspection: A Collection of Essays from Industry Experts, OPCC website, 2009.
at: <http://dpi.priv.gc.ca/>
['How does society reconcile the technological benefits and privacy impacts of new technology? Deep packet inspection is just one seemingly neutral technological application that can have a significant impact on privacy rights and other basic civil liberties, especially as market forces, the enthusiasm of technologists and the influence of national security interests grow stronger.'
Authors include: Harry Abelson, Ralf Bendrath, Roger Clarke, Richard Clayton, Susan P. Crawford, Ronald Deibert, Brooks Dobbs, Bert Jaap-Koops, Danielle Keats Citron, Stéphane Leman-Langlois, Paul Ohm, Christopher Soghoian, Anil Somayaji, Maxim Weinstein, Office of the Privacy Commissioner Of Canada.]

Wikileaks, 'Australia secretly censors Wikileaks press release and Danish Internet censorship list', 16 Mar 2009
at: <http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Australia_secretly_censors_Wikileaks_press_release_and_
Danish_Internet_censorship_list,_16_Mar_2009>

  • See other Wikileaks pages for related material, including alleged lists from various countries

Reporters Sans Frontiers, 'First Online Free Expression Day launched on Reporters Without Borders website', RSF.org, 12 March 2009
at: <http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=26086>
[“From now on, we will organise activities every 12 March to condemn cyber-censorship throughout the world.”]

Charles Cooper, 'Freedom on the global Internet still a pipe dream, CNet, 11 March 2009
at: <http://news.cnet.com/8301-10787_3-10193866-60.html>

Reporters Sans Frontiers, World Day Against Cyber Censorship video, undated
at: <http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8mxao_12-mars-journee-mondiale-contre-la_news>
at: <World Day Against Cyber Censorship>, RSF/Amnesty, 12 March

'Google, Yahoo, Microsoft urged not to censor search for World Day Against Cyber Censorship,' News online, 9 March 2009
at: <http://www.news.com.au/technology/story/0,,25158654-5014239,00.html>

Kevin O'Brien, 'Fight Over Internet Filtering Has a Test Run in Europe,' New York Times, 8 March 2009
at: <http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/09/technology/internet/09neutral.html>
[Net neutrality debate in Europe, US lobbying, free speech, with side issue of potential filtering of file-sharing.]

Isabel Hilton, Rebecca MacKinnon, Evgeny Morozov, 'The Future of Freedom and Control in the Internet Age,' OSI Forum: New York, 10 February 2009
at: <http://www.soros.org/initiatives/fellowship/events/freedom_20090210>

The Open Society Institute, a Soros Foundation initiative, 'The Future of Freedom and Control in the Internet Age', live webcast 10am-11.30am Sydney time Wednesday 11 February 2009. Register to receive email reminder: at: <
http://www.soros.org/initiatives/fellowship/events/freedom_20090210/live >
[Focus on Internet control in China and Russia.]

Internet Watch Foundation, 'IWF statement regarding Wikipedia webpage,' 9 December 2008
at: <http://www.iwf.org.uk/media/news.251.htm>
["IWF’s overriding objective is to minimise the availability of indecent images of children on the internet, however, on this occasion our efforts have had the opposite effect. We regret the unintended consequences for Wikipedia and its users." See also Weinstein report below in Media. See also separate later blocking Wayback Machine/Internet Archive. Issues about potential overblocking of domain, not document.]

Simon Garfield, 'Porn addicts, sex offenders, rapists, paedophiles... the therapists helping the people who can't help themselves', The Guardian, 23 November 2008
at: <http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2008/nov/23/health-wellbeing-therapy-society>

The Council of Europe (CoE) guidelines on filtering standards for adoption by member states, 'Recommendation CM/Rec(2008)6 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on measures to promote the respect for freedom of expression and information with regard to Internet filters', 26 March 2008. [long link>]
[The guidelines attempt to balance concerns over pornography, violence, and racism online with freedom of expression and an open Internet.]

Mike Steere, 'Experts: Internet filtering and censorship rife,' CNN online, 21 August 2008
at: <http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/08/21/internet.filtering/>

'Internet Censorship: Law & policy around the world', EFA web site, 2002, at <http://www.efa.org.au/Issues/Censor/cens3.html>
[includes coverage of the campaign in relation to the NSW Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Enforcement Amendment Bill 2001]

Peter Coroneos, ‘Internet Content Control in Australia: Attempting the Impossible?’ (2000) 23(1) University of New South Wales Law Journal 238
at: <http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/UNSWLawJl/2000/6.html>
[Written in 2000, this paper analyses the Australian government’s approach to online content regulation.]

[See also Access Denied, in Scholarly Articles or Books, above.]

Media Reports

[This is a partial collection of current affairs media reports, including some opinion pieces relating to content regulation on the Internet with particular reference to the Australia ISP-level proposals. Other more complete media collections can be found via the other links at the beginning of the References section, above. See also our at: Policy Statements and Commentary section above for more opinionated items, in addition to the few which may be included here.]

Text from online and paper sources

Kirstin Murray, ‘Internet filter policy under fire’, ABC TV, 7.30 Report, 14 April 2010
at <http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2010/s2873045.htm>

Ben Grubb, ‘EFA parries Conroy attack’, ZDNet Australia, 16 March 2010
at < http://www.zdnet.com.au/efa-parries-conroy-attack-339301818.htm>

Renai LeMay, ‘EFA rejects “extraordinary” Conroy attack’, ITWire, 16 March 2010
at < http://www.itwire.com/it-industry-news/strategy/37636-efa-rejects-extraordinary-conroy-attack>

Ben Grubb, ‘Australia no net enemy: Conroy’, ZDNet Australia, 15 March 2010
at < http://www.zdnet.com.au/australia-no-net-enemy-conroy-339301778.htm>

Suzanne Tindal, ‘Australia placed on censorship watch list’, ZDNet Australia, 12 March 2010
at < http://www.zdnet.com.au/australia-placed-on-censorship-watch-list-339301722.htm>

Renai LeMay, ‘Filter paves way for censorship: Hockey’, ZDNet Australia, 12 March 2010
at < http://www.zdnet.com.au/filter-paves-way-for-censorship-hockey-339301721.htm>

James Riley, ‘Hockey: Internet filter 'unworkable' and dangerous’, ITWire, 12 March 2010
at: < http://www.itwire.com/it-policy-news/regulation/37523-hockey-internet-filter-unworkable-and-dangerous?start=1>

David Ramli, ‘Librarians: Close the books on Internet filtering’, ARN, 16 February 2010
at: < http://www.arnnet.com.au/article/336365/librarians_close_books_internet_filtering/?fp=16&fpid=1>

Bonnie Malkin, ‘Google refuses Australian government request to censor YouTube’, Telegraph.co.uk, 11 Feburary 2010
at: <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/7212902/Google-refuses-Australian-government-request-to-censor-YouTube.html>

Renai LeMay, ‘Anonymous says Titstorm beats a petition’, ZDNet Australia, 12 Feburary 2010
at: <http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/security/soa/Anonymous-says-Titstorm-beats-a-petition/0,130061744,339301021,00.htm>

Suzanne Dvorak, ‘Conroy's filter will not make the internet safer’, ABC Online 9 February 2010
at: <http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/stories/s2813455.htm>

Ruth Brown, ‘Has Australia really banned small breasts?’, Crikey, 29 January 2010
at < http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/01/29/has-australia-really-banned-small-breasts>

Mahesh Sharma and Pamela Koh, ‘Web filter will compromise national broadband network, say providers’, news.com.au, 17 December 2009
at: < http://www.news.com.au/technology/web-filter-will-compromise-national-broadband-network-say-providers/story-e6frfro0-1225811213048>

Liam Tung, ‘Enex: Filtering effective, negligible impact’, ZDNet Australia, 15 December 2009
at < http://www.zdnet.com.au/enex-filtering-effective-negligible-impact-339300058.htm>

‘Green light for internet filter plans’, ABC Online, 15 December 2009
at: < http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/12/15/2772467.htm>

Ben Grubb, 'Conroy slammed for delayed ISP filtering report,' ITNews, 2 September 2009
at: <http://www.itnews.com.au/News/154648,conroy-slammed-for-delayed-isp-filtering-report.aspx>

‘Internet filter plan 'wasting time, money', ABC Online, 2 September 2009
at: < http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/09/02/2673749.htm>

Moses Asher, “Conroy urged to ‘end net censorship farce,’” SMH, 2 September 2009, at: http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/conroy-urged-to-end-net-censorship-farce-20090902-f7n3.html The release of the results has been delayed.
[Extract: Privately, the ISP industry, communications experts and several politicians believe that Senator Conroy might use the results of the trial as an excuse to quietly axe the plan, which was an election promise that has become deeply unpopular. "It is looking increasingly like the minister knows his mandatory internet censorship plan is simply unworkable, but is too embarrassed to admit it," Senator Minchin said.]

Ramli David, “ISP Q&A Series: Telstra,” 22 August 2009, at: http://www.arnnet.com.au/article/315734/isp_q_series_telstra   
[Extract: 6. What is your stance on ISP content filtering? Telstra is evaluating technologies to block a defined limited list of URL’s on our network. We are sharing the results of that work with the Government to assist it in its policy deliberations. Telstra views the blocking of a defined and finite list of sites on the ACMA blacklist as one of several steps that can be taken to make the online experience safer for the Australian community. It is not a silver bullet and would need to be complemented by other measuring including user education, parental supervision of children using the internet and appropriate resourcing of law enforcement agencies.]

Ramli David, “Internet filtering meetings: Senior public servants keen on speed,” ARNnet, 21 August 2009, at: http://www.arnnet.com.au/article/315672/internet_filtering_meetings_seni

Spandas Lui, “ISP Q&A Series: Netspace,” ARNnet, 15 August 2009, at http://www.arnnet.com.au/article/314966/isp_q_series_netspace?pp=2   
[Extract: 6. What is your stance on ISP content filtering? Netspace conducted a survey in late 2008 to gauge the feeling from our customers in regards to the mandatory ISP content filtering, we had nearly 10,000 responses with the significant majority of the respondents strongly disagreeing with filtering concept and the ramifications that it would have in both Internet speed and cost to the consumer.]

Razak Ahmad, 'Malaysia backs off internet filter plan,' ITNews, 10 August 2009
at: <http://www.itnews.com.au/News/152482,malaysia-backs-off-internet-filter-plan.aspx>

Moses Asher, “DPP blasts net censor plan,” SMH, 5 August 2009, at: http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/dpp-blasts-net-censor-plan-20090805-e9mq.html
[Extract: Senator Conroy has said the results will determine whether the Government proceeds with the controversial election policy. He said there was no silver bullet to protecting children online and that the internet filtering scheme would be complemented by ramped-up law enforcement.]

Ben Grubb, 'Conroy promises to release ISP-level filtering report,' ITNews, 3 August 2009
at: <http://www.itnews.com.au/News/151876,conroy-promises-to-release-isp-level-filtering-report.aspx>

ARN Staff, “ISP Q&A Series: Internode,” ARNnet, 1 August 2009, at: http://www.arnnet.com.au/article/313386/isp_q_series_internode
[Extract: 6. What is your stance on ISP content filtering? (DK):Simon Hackett [Internode CEO] is on the record as saying that making censorship the role of the ISP is “somewhat loony". "The reality is that we are just a gatekeeper - but we don't own the content, we only own the doorway,” he said. “Filtering technology would actually make things go slower. The tendency is to go towards a simple solution that actually overshoots, that has too many false negatives. "If the stuff goes a bit wrong it will start blocking other content. The trouble is, the Internet's not just web browsers. Other applications that are using the Internet may get mistaken for things that are pulling that content and might get blocked or messed with in strange ways."]

Ramli David, “Statistics experts label ISP filtering trials unscientific,” ARNnet, , 29 July 2009, at: http://www.arnnet.com.au/article/312845/statistics_experts_label_isp_filtering_trials_unscientific
[Extract: The Federal Government’s ISP filter trials lack proper methodology and are not representative, according to experts in statistics and testing from two of Australia’s leading universities…The majority of the participating ISPs have revealed they are using Marshal8e6 filtering solutions as part of the trial.]

Ramli David, “ISPs give clean feed filter a technical green-light,” ARNnet, 24 July 2009, at: http://www.arnnet.com.au/article/312354/isps_give_clean_feed_filter_technical_green-light,
[Note: Not a representative study. Only 1%(15 customers) of Nelson Bay Online Users decided to opt-in to the trial]
[Extract: “From a technical perspective we’re more than confident that if the government decided to roll out a mandatory Internet filter based on or around an Australian Communications and Media Authority [ACMA] blacklist or subset thereof, then it can be done without any impact whatsoever to the speed of the Internet,” he said. Although OMNIconnect’s managing director, Peter Hutton, received no complaints about slowed speeds or technical problems after the filtering hardware was in place, he said the blacklist provided by ACMA had banned legitimate websites and caused customer dissatisfaction….“One in particular was a site called Redtube.com. The whole site had been blocked and it was just a standard pornography site,” Hutton said.]

'Conroy named Internet Villain of the Year', Gadgets on the Go blog, Age Online, 13 July 2009
at: <http://blogs.theage.com.au/digital-life/gadgetsonthego/2009/07/13/conroynamedin.html>

Emma Rodgers, ‘Save the Children opposes internet filter’, ABC Online, 9 July 2009
at: < http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/07/09/2621354.htm>

Asher Moses, 'Censordyne: net censoring gets a toothpasting', SMH Online, 9 July 2009
at: <http://www.smh.com.au/technology/biz-tech/censordyne-net-censoring-gets-a-toothpasting-20090709-dec0.html>

Spandas Liu, “Internet filter ISPs reveal clean-filter technologies,” ARNnet, 12 June 2009, at: http://www.arnnet.com.au/article/307138/internet_filter_isps_reveal_clean-filter_technologies
[Extract: The appliance-based product is used by corporate networks and ISPs. It touts a pass-by technology that, the vendor claims, does not inhibit the original data stream to prevent impact on performance. Through signature-blocking, the product is capable of filtering peer-to-peer (P2P), instant messaging, anonymous proxies and online gaming.]

Crozier Ry, “Filter trial report in September: Conroy,” IT News, 9 July 2009, at: http://www.itnews.com.au/News/149584,filter-trial-report-in-september-conroy.aspx
[Extract: Senator Conroy said it was too early to determine how or if the Government's policy direction on filtering might shift as a result of the trial…"Our proposition has always been a modest one - to block child pornography," he said.]

Fitzgibbon Rebecca, “Net filter learning fears,” The Mercury, 6 July 2009, at: http://www.themercury.com.au/article/2009/07/06/82815_lifestyle.html
[Extract: TASMANIAN tertiary and vocational institutions may lose access to popular hi-tech learning tools when the Federal Government's new internet filter begins operation later this year. Online environments and role-playing games such as Second Life and World of Warcraft will effectively be blocked by the filter.]

Moses Asher, “Web filters to censor video games,” Sydney Morning Herald, 25 June 2009 , at: http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/games/web-filters-to-censor-video-games-20090625-cxrx.html or http://www.theage.com.au/digital-life/games/web-filters-to-censor-video-games-20090625-cxrx.html

Asher Moses, 'Web filters to censor video games', Age Online, 25 June 2009
at: <http://www.theage.com.au/digital-life/games/web-filters-to-censor-video-games-20090625-cxrx.html>

Asher Moses, 'Internet filter: $44.5m and no goal in sight', SMH Online, 3 June 2009
at: <http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/web/2009/06/03/1243708489312.html>

Mitchell Bingemann, 'Filter plan angers Labor youth base', The Australian IT, 2 June 02, 2009
at: <http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,,25571450-5013040,00.html >

Winterford Brett and Grubb Ben, “Conroy to opt for tiered Internet filtering,” IT News, 2 June 2009, at: http://www.itnews.com.au/News/146629,conroy-to-opt-for-tiered-internet-filtering.aspx

Ben Grubb, 'Unwired joins ISP-level filtering pilot,' ITNews, 1 June 2009
at: <http://www.itnews.com.au/News/104498,unwired-joins-isplevel-filtering-pilot.aspx>

Winterford Brett, “Conroy mulls review of ACMA blacklist,” IT News, 27 May 2009, at:
http://www.itnews.com.au/News/146113,conroy-mulls-review-of-acma-blacklist.aspx

Moses Asher, “Christians upset at Conroy's net policy 'backtrack'” SMH, 27 May 2009, Asher Moses, at: http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/web/christians-upset-at-conroys-net-policy-backtrack/2009/05/27/1243103585180.html?page=2

Ben Grubb, 'Optus to fund filtering pilot off its own,' IT News, 11 May 2009
at: <http://www.itnews.com.au/News/102943,optus-to-fund-filtering-pilot-off-its-own-bat.aspx>

Patrick Goodenough, 'Web Filtering Proposals: Crucial Child Safeguard or Censorship Tool?', CNSnews.com, Media Research Centre (US), 8 May 2009
at: <http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=47852# >
[Cites comments by Clive Hamilton in reply to EFA statement regarding link deletion notice received by its ICH.]

Rachel Maher, 'The More Untangled the Web Becomes…', New Matilda, 8 May 2009
at: <http://newmatilda.com/polliegraph/?p=636>
[Report of New Matilda forum in Sydney.]

New Matilda forum in Sydney, Live blog by Stilgherrian, 8 May 2009
at: <http://stilgherrian.com/politics/live-blog-tangled-web-sydney/>

Crozier Ry, “Exetel says no to internet filtering,” IT News, 5 May 2009, at http://www.itnews.com.au/News/144149,exetel-says-no-to-internet-filtering.aspx

Rachel Maher, 'Melbourne forum progresses net filter debate', New Matilda, 29 April 2009
at: <http://newmatilda.com/polliegraph/?p=608#comment-5928>

New Matilda forum in Melbourne, 29 April 2009,
video at: <http://laborview.blogspot.com/2009/04/australias-tangled-censorship-web.html>

Cynthia Karena, "Blocking child porn is the easy sell, but will government web filtering go too far?", The Age, 19 April 2009
at: <http://www.theage.com.au/national/to-censor-or-protect-20090418-aav5.html>

Julie-Anne Davies, 'Underage porn sold in corner milkbars,' The Australian, 3 April 2009
at: <http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25281104-2702,00.html>

Asher Moses, 'Conroy rapped for 'improper' iiNet gaffe,' SMH online, 2 April 2009
at: <http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2009/04/02/1238261711464.html>

Suzanne Tindal, 'Conroy's iiNet comments 'grossly improper'', ZDNet.com.au, 2 April 2009
at: <http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/communications/soa/Conroy-s-iiNet-comments-grossly-improper-/0,130061791,339295779,00.htm>

Asher Moses, 'Conroy backtracks on internet censorship policy,' SMH online, 1 April 2009
at: <http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2009/04/01/1238261622790.html>

Jenny Brockie presenter, 'Blocking the net - will it make kids any safer?' Insight, SBS Television 7:30 PM, 31 March 2009
at: <http://news.sbs.com.au/insight/episode/index/id/59#transcript> [transcript]
at: <http://news.sbs.com.au/insight/episode/index/id/59 >[overview]
[Senator Conroy on panel, with other participants in the debate. See also blog comments, in Commentary section above.]

SBS, ITNews, 'Conroy clarifies Net filter plans', SBS online, 31 March 2009
at: <http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1013745/Conroy-clarifies-Net-filter-plans>

Ry Crozier, 'Conroy uses iiNet case to sidestep net filter issue, IT News, 31 March 2009
at: <http://www.itnews.com.au/News/99968,conroy-uses-iinet-case-to-sidestep-net-filter-issue.aspx>

AAP, ‘Web blacklist won’t stop child porn, admits Communications Minister Senator Conroy’, News online, 30 March 2009
at: <http://www.news.com.au/technology/story/0,28348,25262960-5014239,00.html>
[quotes Minister stating the filter cannot stop child porn or target peer-to-peer networks: "Never claimed filter would stop child porn"; Aim "to block material that is already illegal"; Won't crack peer-to-peer pedophile rings"]

Liam Tung, 'Police investigate classification.gov.au hack,' ZDNet.com.au, 30 March 2009
at: <http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/security/soa/Police-investigate-classification-gov-au-hack/0,130061744,339295701,00.htm>

AAP, 'Conroy defends Net censorship regime,' SBS online and various outlets, 30 March 2009
at: <http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/conroy-defends-net-censorship-regime-20090330-9go8.html>
at: <http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1013647/Conroy-defends-Net-censorship-regime>
["Senator Conroy said the government had never claimed the filter itself would stop child pornography. "We've never tried to pretend that this was a silver bullet, we've never tried to suggest this was the sole solution," Senator Conroy told reporters in Sydney on Monday. The aim of the proposed filtering is to block material that is already illegal and is refused classification, he said."]

Jenna Wortham, 'Helping Parents Snoop on Kids’ iPhone Habits, NY Times, 28 March 2009
at: <http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/28/helping-parents-snoop-on-kids-iphone-habits/>

Spandas Lui, 'Optus: We want in on Internet filtering trial,' ARNet, 27 March, 2009
at: <http://www.arnnet.com.au/article/297226/optus_we_want_internet_filtering_trial>
The telco confirms interest in content filter but does not comment on how it will be enforced

Belinda Luscombe, 'A Blacklist for Websites Backfires in Australia,' Time magazine, 27 March 2009
at: <http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1888011,00.html>

[unattributed], ''Technical error' behind Henson website black-listing,' ABC News online, 27 March 2009
at: <http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/03/27/2527445.htm>

Nic MacBean, ''Control yr freedomz': Classification Board site defaced,' ABC News Online, 27 March 2009
at: <http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/03/27/2527753.htm>

[unattributed], 'QLD Police crack peer-to-peer networks,' IT News, 27 March 2009
at: <http://www.itnews.com.au/News/99743,qld-police-crack-peertopeer-networks.aspx>

Asher Moses,''Caching error' caused Henson blacklisting'', Age/SMH online, 27 March 2009
at: <http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2009/03/27/1237657133829.html>
at: <http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2009/03/27/1237657120642.html>
[also notes hacking of Classification Board site, putting it offline]

[unattributed], 'Conroy gaffe defeats purpose of net filter policy,' IT News, 27 March 2009
at: <http://www.itnews.com.au/News/99753,conroy-gaffe-defeats-purpose-of-net-filter-policy.aspx>

Brett Winterford, 'Optus remains Conroy's last big filtering hope,' IT News, 27 March 2009
at: <http://www.itnews.com.au/News/99567,optus-remains-conroys-last-big-filtering-hope.aspx>

Liam Tung, 'Classification.gov.au gets hacked,' ZDNet.com.au, 27 March 2009
at: <http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/security/soa/Classification-gov-au-gets-hacked/0,130061744,339295688,00.htm>

Brett Winterford, 'Censorship opponents slam website hack,' IT News, 27 March 2009
at: <http://www.itnews.com.au/News/99739,censorship-opponents-slam-website-hack.aspx>

[unattributed], 'iiNet trial could be test case for Government P2P policy,' IT News, 26 March 2009
at: <http://www.itnews.com.au/News/99612,iinet-trial-could-be-test-case-for-government-p2p-policy.aspx>

Tony Jones host, Senator Conroy and others on panel, Q&A, ABC TV, 26 March 2009
at: <http://www.abc.net.au/tv/qanda/txt/s2521164.htm>
[click Transcript tab, extensive discussion of ISP level censorship in first half]

AAP, 'Child porn needs to be fought: Conroy,' SMH online, 26 March 2009
at: <http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/child-porn-needs-to-be-fought-conroy-20090326-9cip.html>

Lilia Guan, 'Dump the botched net filter: SAGE', IT News, 26 March 2009
at: <http://www.itnews.com.au/News/99569,dump-the-botched-net-filter-sage.aspx>

Asher Moses, 'Blacklist snares Bill Henson fan site,' SMH online, 26 March 2009
at: <http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2009/03/26/1237657050527.html>

Saul Hansell, 'The Economics of Snooping on Internet Traffic,' NY Times, 25 March 2009
at: <http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/25/the-economics-of-snooping-on-internet-traffic/>

Nazanin Sadri, 'Iran Considers A Death Penalty for 'Offensive' Bloggers,' Al Jazeera, March 2009
at: <http://www.mydd.com/story/2009/3/25/25442/7618>

Kim Zetter, 'ACLU Sues Prosecutor Over 'Sexting' Child Porn Charges,' Wired, 25 March 2009
at: <http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2009/03/aclu-sues-da-ov.html>

Carlo Longino, 'Prosecutor Who Threatened Teens With Child Porn Charges For Taking Pics Of Themselves Gets Sued,' TechDirt, 27 March 2009
at: <http://techdirt.com/articles/20090326/1507104267.shtml>

[agencies], 'Great Firewall of China snares YouTube,' SMH online, 25 March 2009
at: <http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2009/03/25/1237656971545.html>
[See scholarly articles by Shishir Nagaraja and Ross Anderson and others, above.]

Ry Crozier, 'DBCDE wouldn't agree to blind filter trial: iiNet,' iTnews, 25 March 2009
at: <http://www.itnews.com.au/News/99484,dbcde-wouldn%E2%80%99t-agree-to-blind-filter-trial-iinet.aspx>

AAP, 'ISPs 'profit' from lack of filter,' ZDNet.com.au, 25 March 2009
at: <http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/communications/soa/ISPs-profit-from-lack-of-filter/0,130061791,339295623,00.htm>

AAP, 'GetUp wants Conroy's filter canned,' ZDNet.com.au, 24 March 2009
at: <http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/communications/soa/GetUp-wants-Conroy-s-filter-canned/0,130061791,339295613,00.htm>

Simon Jenkins, 'Govt urged to abandon Net filter trial,' SMH online, 24 March 2009
at: <http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/govt-urged-to-abandon-net-filter-trial-20090324-9895.html>

Wikileaks editorial, 'Police raid home of Wikileaks.de domain owner over censorship lists,' Wikileaks, 24 March 2009
at: <http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Police_raid_home_of_Wikileaks.de_domain_owner_over_censorship_lists>

Stilgherrian, "It certainly looks like the ACMA blacklist, eh Senator Conroy?" Crikey, 24 March 2009
at: <http://www.crikey.com.au/Media-Arts-and-Sports/20090324-It-certainly-looks-like-the-ACMA-blacklist-eh-Senator-Conroy.html>

Sara Everingham, 'Questions about internet filter trial credibility,' ABC Radio, The World Today, 24 March 2009
at: <http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2008/s2524676.htm>

Ass. Prof. Bjorn Landfeldt, interview, ABC NewsRadio, 24 March 2009
at: <http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/newsradio/audio/20090324-web.mp3>

Brett Winterford, 'Hacked filter reveals blacklist in 30 seconds,' ITNews, 24 March 2009
at: <http://www.itnews.com.au/News/99467,hacked-filter-reveals-blacklist-in-30-seconds.aspx>

Asher Moses, ' iiNet pulls out of net censorship trials,' SMH online, 23 March 2009
at: <http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2009/03/23/1237656833566.html>

Stilgherrian, 'Yet another ACMA internet blacklist springs a leak,' Crikey, 23 March 2009
at: <http://www.crikey.com.au/Politics/20090323-Escalation-of-the-blacklist-wars.html>

Josh Gordon, 'Labor's blog-watch plan hits Whirlpool of dissent,' The Age online, 22 March 2009
at: <http://www.theage.com.au/national/labors-blogwatch-plan-hits-whirlpool-of-dissent-20090321-951z.html>
[reports federal tender to monitor print and electronic media including "blogs such as Whirlpool"]

Kristen Gelineaa, 'Australian Internet 'blacklist' prompts concern, SMH online, 21 March 2009
at: <http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-technology/australian-internet-blacklist-prompts-concern-20090321-94mh.html>

Keall, Chris, ‘Joyce: Internet filtering off the agenda in NZ’, National Business Review, 20 March 2009, at: http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/joyce-internet-filtering-agenda-nz-87186
[Extract: "We have been following the internet filtering debate in Australia but have no plans to introduce something similar here," says Communications and IT minister Steven Joyce. "The technology for internet filtering causes delays for all internet users. And unfortunately those who are determined to get around any filter will find a way to do so. Our view is that educating kids and parents about being safe on the internet is the best way of tackling the problem."]

Stilgherrian, 'ACMA's blacklist just got read all over,' Crikey, 20 March 2009
at: <http://www.crikey.com.au/Media-Arts-and-Sports/20090320-ACMAs-blacklist-just-got-read-all-over.html >

Brett Winterford, 'Wikipedia removes ACMA-censored link,' IT News, 19 March 2009
at: <http://www.itnews.com.au/News/99066,wikipedia-removes-acmacensored-link.aspx>

Brett Winterford, 'Doubts expressed over ACMA blacklist leak,' IT news, 19 March 2009
at: <http://www.itnews.com.au/News/99138,doubts-expressed-over-acma-blacklist-leak.aspx>

David Kravets, 'WikiLeaks Exposes Australian Web Blacklist,' Wired, 19 March 2009
at: <http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2009/03/wikileaks-expos.html>

Andrew Ramadge, 'Millions may have visited popular websites on 'leaked blacklist' , NEWS.com.au, 19 March 2009
at: <http://www.news.com.au/technology/story/0,28348,25210163-5014239,00.html>

Vivian Wai-yin Kwok, 'Aussie Internet Blacklist Has Gray Areas,' Forbes.com, 19 March 2009
at: <http://www.forbes.com/2009/03/19/australia-internet-censorship-markets-economy-wikileaks.html>

Staff reporters with wires, ''Banned websites list' not from ACMA, says Stephen Conroy', NEWS.com.au March 19, 2009
at: <http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25210319-661,00.html>

Chloe Lake, 'Leaked blacklist of banned websites' was not from ACMA, says Stephen Conroy, NEWS.com.au, 19 March 2009
at: <http://www.news.com.au/technology/story/0,28348,25210931-5014239,00.html>

Suzanne Tindal, 'Leaked list not ACMA blacklist: Conroy,' ZDNet.com.au, 19 March 2009
at: <http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/communications/soa/Leaked-list-not-ACMA-blacklist-Conroy/0,130061791,339295547,00.htm>

Asher Moses, 'Leaked Australian blacklist reveals banned sites,' SMH Online, 19 March 2009
at: <http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2009/03/19/1237054961100.html>

Darren Pauli, 'Australia's Internet filter ruled by a single bureaucrat - No accountability for blacklists, yet Watchdog's word is final,' Computerworld, 18 March 2009
at: <http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/295977/australia_internet_filter_ruled_by_single_bureaucrat>

Ryan Singel, 'Australia Censors Wikileaks Page,' Wired, 17 March 2009
at: <http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2009/03/australia-censo.html>

Angus Kidman, 'BLACKLIST: Government cracks down on Whirlpool.net.au,' APC, 17 March 2009
at: <http://apcmag.com/whirlpool-threatened-by-govt-over-blacklist.htm>

Fran Foo, 'Web watchdog changes tack after blacklist leak,' The Australian online, 17 March 2009
at: <http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25196505-15306,00.html>

Asher Moses, 'Banned hyperlinks could cost you $11,000 a day,' SMH Online, 17 March 2009
at: <http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2009/03/17/1237054787635.html>

Suzanne Tindal, 'Greedy ISPs kept from filtering trial,' ZDNet.com.au 16 March 2009
at: <http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/communications/soa/Greedy-ISPs-kept-from-filtering-trial/0,130061791,339295460,00.htm>

'Violent computer games', ABC Radio National Life Matters, 16 March 2009
at: <http://www.abc.net.au/rn/lifematters/stories/2009/2514251.htm>
[Craig Anderson from Iowa State University, Centre for the Study of Violence. Effect of violence in what would be R18+ computer games, were they not Refused Classification in Australia.]

Wendy Carlisle, 'Conroy's clean feed,' ABC Radio National, Background Briefing, 15 March 2009
at: <http://www.abc.net.au/rn/backgroundbriefing/stories/2009/2512171.htm>
Transcript, MP3 audio
at: <http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/rn/podcast/2009/03/bbg_20090315.mp3>
[55 minutes: interviews, quotes or sound bites from Senator Conroy, Jim Wallace, Paul Brooks, Derek Bambauer, AFP child porn detectives, Neil Malamuth (US researcher on impact of porn), Senator Cory Bernardi, Irene Graham, many others. Recording of threat made to anti-censorship campaigner, examples of items on the Senate's 32m-item blacklist, including those linked to in constituent messages to Bernardi.]

Brett Winterford, 'Conroy requests faith in net filter scheme,' IT News, 13 March 2009
at: <http://www.itnews.com.au/News/98679,conroy-requests-faith-in-net-filter-scheme.aspx>

Fran Foo, 'ACMA takes aim at Whirlpool, supplier,' The Australian IT, 13 March 2009 IN
at: <http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,25181408-15306,00.html>
['In an unprecedented move, Australia's communications regulator has threatened to fine a company up to $11,000 a day for indirectly leaking part of its top-secret list of banned internet web pages.' The page, containing images of aborted foetuses for ant-abortion campaign purposes, was reported by a filter sceptic interested to explore the nature of content that could be banned on the basis of complaint.]

Suzanne Tindal, 'Nick Minchin: Video interview,' ZDNet.com.au, 9 March 2009
at: <http://www.zdnet.com.au/insight/communications/soa/Nick-Minchin-Video-interview/0,139023754,339295340,00.htm>

Liam Tung, 'Teachers attack NSW DET filter,' ZDNet.com.au 4 March 2009
at: <http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/soa/Teachers-attack-NSW-DET-filter/0,130061733,339295247,00.htm>
[A number of NSW teachers and librarians have criticised the Department of Education's (DET) web filtering system, claiming it is too restrictive and has sacrificed educational benefits in the name of child protection.]

Ry Crozier, 'Revealed: ISPs detail their Aussie net filter trials,' ITNews, 2 March 2009
at: <http://www.itnews.com.au/News/97629,revealed-isps-detail-their-aussie-net-filter-trials.aspx>

Stilgherrian, 'So Conroy's Rabbit-Proof Firewall is dead… or is it?,' Crikey, 2 March 2009
at: <http://www.crikey.com.au/Politics/20090302-So-Conroys-Rabbit-Proof-Firewall-is-dead-or-is-it-.html>

Verity Pravda, Comment on Rabbit Proof Firewall, Crikey, 3 March 2009
at: <http://www.crikey.com.au/Your-Say/20090303-Comments-corrections-clarifications-and-cckups.html>

Mark Colvin, 'Growing Senate opposition to internet filter,' ABC Radio National PM, 27 February 2009
at: <http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2008/s2503651.htm>

Asher Moses, 'Web censorship plan heads towards a dead end,' SMH online, 26 February 2009
at: <http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2009/02/26/1235237810486.html>

Chloe Lake, 'Web filter debate descends into slanging match at Kickstart Forum 2009,' NEWS.com.au, 24 February 2009
at: <http://www.news.com.au/technology/story/0,28348,25100456-5014239,00.html>

Bernard Keane, 'Conroy confesses: web filtering will hit 'other content'' , Crikey, 24 February 2009
at: <http://www.crikey.com.au/Politics/20090224-Conroy-confesses-web-filtering-will-hit-other-content.html>

Fran Foo, 'Row over web blacklist,' The Australian IT section, 24 February 2009
at: <http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25096792-15306,00.html>

Stuart Corner, 'Internet users don't want to be filtered,' ITWire, 23 February 2009
at: <http://www.itwire.com/content/view/23402/1231/>

AAP, 'Police move to ban blogs on accused firebug', The Age online, 17 February 2009
at: <http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2009/02/17/1234632773480.html>

Scott Ludlam, 'Net filter plan nurtures 'open source government', ABC online Opinion, 16 February 2009
at: <http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/02/16/2492571.htm>

Darren Pauli, 'Content filter pilots debunk critics', Techworld, 13 February 2009
at: <http://www.techworld.com.au/article/276594/content_filter_pilots_debunk_critics?pp=1>

Andrew Ramadge, 'iiNet, Optus snubbed in web-filtering trial,' NEWS.com.au February 13, 2009
at: <http://www.news.com.au/technology/story/0,,25045374-5014239,00.html>

Andrew Ramadge, 'Primus compares compulsory web filtering to China,' NEWS.com.au February 12, 2009
at: <http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,,25044135-948,00.html>

Tim Leslie, 'Net filter 'will give parents a false sense of security', ABC News Online, 3 February 2009,
at: <http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/02/03/2480743.htm>
[referring to Colin Jacobs piece on same day under the Policy and Comment> section above.]

Stilgherrian, 'Google takes a slash and the world ends,' Crikey.com.au, 2 February 2009
at: <http://www.crikey.com.au/Politics/20090202-Google-takes-a-slash-and-has-a-wee-problem.html>

Asher Moses, 'Labor's 'deafening silence' as web censorship trials delayed,' SMH Online, 30 January 2009
at: <http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/web/labor-stays-mum-on-censorship-trials/2009/01/30/1232818711139.html>

'Filter to prevent access to child porn sites,' Radio New Zealand, 29 January 2009
at: <http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2009/01/29/12459903de33>

Suzanne Tindal, 'Filter trial agreements imminent,' ZDNet.com.au, 29 January 2009
at: <http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/communications/soa/Filter-trial-agreements-imminent/0,130061791,339294639,00.htm>
[' The next few days will see the DBCDE sign agreements with some of the ISPs who submitted applications to be a part of the ISP-level objectionable content filtering trial.']

News Ltd staff writers and Reuters, 'Vint Cerf reveals Google plan to monitor web filtering,' Herald Sun, 29 January 2009
at: <http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24978663-662,00.html>
['Google has unveiled a plan aimed at letting computer users determine whether ISPs are inappropriately blocking or slowing their work online.']

Ry Crozier, 'Opinion: Have money, will pay for clean feed,' IT News, 29 January 2009
at: <http://www.itnews.com.au/News/95023,opinion-have-money-will-pay-for-clean-feed.aspx>
['ISP to filter email for spam and viruses Netspace may think that a survey that asks leading, obvious questions about Internet filtering contributes to discussion and debate but all it did was feed the Federal Government ammunition.']

Petroc Wilton, 'Netspace customers give ISP filtering thumbs down,' at: <CommsDay> newsletter, 28 January 2009
[at <local link>]

Netspace' customer filtering survey results, 28 January 2009
at: <http://www.netspace.net.au/filtering/results.php>

Fran Foo, 'ISPs clustered for filtering trials', The Australian IT section, 28 January 2009
at: <http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24975071-15306,00.html>

Fran Foo, 'Internet filtering trial date is close,' The Australian IT section, January 27, 2009
at: <http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,24967191-15306,00.html>

Jim Wallace, Australian Christian Lobby, 'Filtering filth will not tangle the net,' opinion piece, SMH online, 26 January 2009
at: <http://www.smh.com.au/news/opinion/filtering-filth-will-not-tangle-the-net/2009/01/25/1232818241442.html>

See also in response: Stilgherrian, 'Jim Wallace’s pro-censorship lies and distortions,' Stilgherrian.com, 26 January 2009
at: <http://stilgherrian.com/politics/jim-wallaces-pro-censorship-lies-and-distortions/>
[see also Radio National debate between Jim Wallace and Mark Newton 29 January, in <Policy Statements and commentary> section above]

Chloe Lake and Andrew Ramadge, 'Government dodges questions on axed NetAlert web filter funding,' News.com.au, 26 January 2009
at: <http://www.news.com.au/technology/story/0,28348,24963394-5014239,00.html>
at: <http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,,24964295-11869,00.html>

Ben Blanchard, 'China in 'long-lasting' web crackdown', The Australian, 23 January 2009
at: <http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24952387-12377,00.html>

James Massola, ‘Broadband report in minister's hands’, Canberra Times Online, 23 January 2009
at: <http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/local/news/general/broadband-report-in-ministers-hands/1414483.aspx> 

Stilgherrian, ‘So Conroy's Internet filter won't block political speech, eh?’, Crikey Online, Friday, 23 January 2009
at: <http://www.crikey.com.au/Politics/20090123-So-Conroys-internet-filter-wont-block-political-speech-eh-.html>

Whirlpool.net.au discussion forum, referring to ACMA blocking a site by anti-abortionists with images of foetuses; see
at: <http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=1123716&p=35#r685>

Nick Minchin, ‘Big brother filter plan insults parents’, SMH Online, 22 January 2009
at: <http://www.smh.com.au/news/opinion/big-brother-filter-plan-insults parents/2009/01/21/1232471392459.html>

Nick Farrel, ‘Opinion: Why national Internet filters are pointless’, ITNews, 22 January 200
at: <http://www.itnews.com.au/News/94582,opinion-why-national-internet-filters-are-pointless.aspx>

Mark Sherman, ‘Anti-porn online law dies quietly in Supreme Court’, The Age Online, 22 January 2009
at: <http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-technology/antiporn-online-law-dies-quietly-in-supreme-court-20090122-7mu9.html>

AFP, ‘US Supreme Court shuts door on Child Online Protection Act’, ABC News Online, 22 Jan 2009
at: <http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/01/22/2472227.htm?section=justin>

Adam Litak, 'Civil Rights Law at Issue in High Court Rulings', New York Times online, 21 January 2009
at: <http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/22/washington/22scotus.html>

'Pornographic books pulled from library shelves', ABC Radio PM, 20 January 2009
at: <http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2008/s2470406.htm>

'Conroy presses on with flawed policy', Jack the Insider Blog, The Australian Online, 19 January 2009
at: <http://blogs.theaustralian.news.com.au/jacktheinsider/index.php/
theaustralian/comments/conroy_presses_on_with_flawed_policy/>

Tom Young, ‘E-crime victims shun the police’, ITNews, 16 January 2009
at: <http://www.itnews.com.au/News/94142,ecrime-victims-shun-the-police.aspx>

Rodney Gedda, 'Sex and IT unite to stop Australian net censorship', PC World (nz)15 January 2009
at: <http://pcworld.co.nz/pcworld/pcw.nsf/feature/2B1AAE25E9CC2F51CC25753E00722448>

'Qld police help bust global child porn ring,' ABC, 16 January 2009
at: <http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/01/17/2468237.htm>

'Aussie cops bust global porn ring,' News.com.au, 16 January 2009
at: <http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24922665-29277,00.html>

soulxtc, 'German Minister Announces Plans for Mandatory Web Filtering,' ZeroPaid, 16 January 2009
at: <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9960/German+Minister+Announces+Plans+for+Mandatory+Web+Filtering>

Glenn Chapman, ‘Technology alone 'won't assure youth safety on Internet', The Age Online, 15 January 2009
at: <http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-technology/
technology-alone-wont-assure-youth-safety-on-internet-20090115-7h4b.html>

Brad Stone, ‘Report calls online threats to children overblown’, International Herald Tribune Online, 14 January 2009
at: <http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/01/14/technology/14cyberweb.php>
[refers to ISTTF Final Report from Harvard]

Rodney Gedda, 'Strange bedfellows: Sex and IT unite to stop Net censorship', Techworld, 14 January 2009
at: <http://www.techworld.com.au/article/273031/strange_bedfellows_sex_it_unite_stop_net_censorship>

Colin Jacobs, ‘The world smirks at Conroy's censorship plan’, Crikey, 9 January 2009
at: <http://www.crikey.com.au/Politics/20090109-Brooklyn-Law-School-study-highlights-net-censorship-problems.html>

Harley Dennett, 'Internet censorship expands,' Sydney Star Observer, 4 January 2009
at: <http://www.starobserver.com.au/news/2009/01/08/internet-censorshiip-expands/3597>
[refers to gay and lesbian film file sharing, comments refers to 'GayMiddleEast.com blocked in Saudi Arabia', OpenNet 2004at: < http://opennet.net/bulletins/002.> See other SSO stories on topic.]

Lynda Kinkade reporter, 'Music video damage,' TodayTonight TV, 8 January 2009
at: <http://au.todaytonight.yahoo.com/article/5251226/lifestyle/music-video-damage>
[commentators draw connections between music videos and porn, etc.]

‘Chinese net companies apologise for lewd content’, ITNews, 8 January 2009
at: <http://www.itnews.com.au/News/92270,chinese-net-companies-apologise-for-lewd-content.aspx>

Chris Buckley, ‘China targets big websites in Internet crackdown’, ITNews, 7 January 2009
at: <http://www.itnews.com.au/News/92190,china-targets-big-websites-in-intern>et-crackdown.aspx

Keith Bradsher, ‘Beijing urges Google and others to 'purify' Web of porn’, International Herald Tribune Online, 5 January 2009
at: <http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/01/05/technology/censor.php>

Stilgherrian, ‘Conroy attacks BitTorrent: Ruins Australia online’, Crikey Online, 5 January 2009
at: <http://www.crikey.com.au/Politics/20090105-Stephen-Conroy-working-hard-to-limit-Australias-global-competitiveness.html>

Lachlan Heywood, ‘Onus on users to "unfilter" websites’, The Australian Online, 31 December 2007
at: <http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,,22989956-15306,00.html>

Tanalee Smith, ‘Uproar as Great Aussie Firewall threatens internet freedom’, The New Zealand Herald Online, 29 December 2008
at: <http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10549956>

James Massola, 'Net filter plan is branded draconian', The Canberra Times Online, 29 December 2008
at: <http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/local/news/general/net-filter-plan-is-branded-draconian/1396144.aspx>

Douglas Schweitzer, ‘The not-so Great Aussie Firewall’, Computer World Blogs, 29 December 2008
at: <http://blogs.computerworld.com/the_not_so_great_aussie_firewall>

Ferguss Watts, "Caught out by net plan", Herald Sun, 29 December 2008
at: <http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24850353-5000117,00.html>

"More hole than filter", Editorial, Sydney Morning Herald, 26 December 2008
at: <http://www.smh.com.au/news/opinion/editorial/more-hole-than-filter/2008/12/25/1229998656226.html>

'Net filtering trial delay 'another Govt bungle', ABC News online, 24 December 2008
at: <http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/12/24/2454789.htm>

‘Govt rejects report into internet filter plan’, Canberra Times Online, 24 December 2008
at: <http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/local/news/general/govt-rejects-report-into-internet-filter-plan/1394554.aspx>

‘Conroy delays ISP trial of Internet content filters, ITNews, 23 December, 2008
at: <http://www.itnews.com.au/News/91640,conroy-delays-isp-trial-of-internet-content-filters.aspx>

Ry Crozier, ‘Conroy expands ISP filter tests to examine P2P and BitTorrent traffic’, ITNews, 22 December 2008
at: <http://www.itnews.com.au/News/91593,conroy-expands-isp-filter-tests-to-examine-p2p-and-bittorrent-traffic.aspx>

Nigel Bowen, ‘The great porn war’, SMH Online, 19 December 2008
at: <http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/the-great-porn-war/2008/12/18/1229189804560.html>

David Barbeler, 'Baby-swinging video uploader fronts court', SMH Online, 18 December 2008
at: <http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/web/babyswinging-video-uploader-fronts-court/
2008/12/18/1229189776629.html>
[Charged under s. 474.23 Criminal Code (Commonwealth) with using a "carriage service" to transmit child abuse material, not with state offence in Criminal Code Act (Qld) s. 288? Adjourned to 19 Feb. 2009, Maroochy Magistrates Court .]

'Man faces court on child abuse charges,' Sunshine Coast Daily News online, 18 December 2008
at: < http://www.thedaily.com.au/news/2008/dec/18/man-faces-court-child-abuse-charges/>

Ry Crozier, 'NetAlert filters not given a chance: Webroot', ITNews, 17 December 2008
at: <http://www.itnews.com.au/News/91359,netalert-filters-not-given-a-chance-webroot.aspx>

Kathryn Small, 'In pictures: Hundreds protest proposed internet filters', ITNews,15 December 2008
at: <http://www.itnews.com.au/News/91177,in-pictures-hundreds-protest-propose>d-internet-filters.aspx

'Controlling Pornography', ABC Radio National Rear Vision, 14 December 2008
at: <http://www.abc.net.au/rn/rearvision/stories/2008/2441653.htm>

Pictures of national public protests on 13 December 2008
Sydney at: <http://picasaweb.google.com/elomis/CleanFeedProtest#>
Adelaide [at: <JPG1> ] at: <[JPG2>] [at: <JPG3>]

Asher Moses, 'New hurdle for net censorship', The Age online, 12 December 2008
at: <http://www.theage.com.au/news/home/technology/new-hurdle-for-net-censorship/2008/12/12/1228585100603.html>

Marcus Browne, 'Dr Blacklist or: How I learned to stop worrying and love the filter', NineMSN, 10 December 2008
[ at: <long cached link>]

Meraiah Foley, ‘Australia plans to test Web filter’, International Herald Tribune, 10 December 2008
at: <http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/12/10/technology/cyber.php>

Dan Warne, 'The 10 sins of Senator Conroy, the blogger,' 9 December 2008
at: <http://apcmag.com/the_10_sins_of_senator_conroy.htm>

Asher Moses, 'Labor plan to censor internet in shreds,' SMH online, 9 December 2008
at: <http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2008/12/09/1228584820006.html>

Ry Crozier, ‘Conroy goes back to school on Internet content filters’, ITNews, 8 December 2008
at: <http://www.itnews.com.au/News/90656,conroy-goes-back-to-school-on-internet-content-filters.aspx>

Ry Crozier, 'Telstra BigPond refuses to participate in net filter trials,' ITNews, 8 December 2008
at: <http://www.itnews.com.au/News/90687,telstra-bigpond-refuses-to-participate-in-net-filter-trials.aspx>

Bellinda Kontominas, 'Simpsons cartoon rip-off is child porn: judge,' SMH online, 8 December 2008
at: <http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/simpsonsstyle-cartoon-is-child-porn/2008/12/08/1228584707575.html>
See also at: <http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24767142-29277,00.html>

Recent case: McEwen v Simmons & anor [2008] NSWSC 1292 (8 December 2008), NSW Supreme Court, Judge Adams
at: <http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/nsw/supreme_ct/2008/1292.html>
[it confirmed a conviction for "offences of 'possessing child pornography' contrary to s 91H(3) of the Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), and 'using ... computer to access child pornography material' contrary to s474.19(1)(a)(i) of the Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth)" - see above for links.]

Asher Moses, 'Wikipedia added to child pornography blacklist,' SMH online, 8 December 2008
at: <http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2008/12/08/1228584723764.html>

Ry Crozier, 'Conroy goes back to school on Internet content filters,' ITNews, 8 December 2008
at: <http://www.itnews.com.au/News/90656,conroy-goes-back-to-school-on-net-filters.aspx>

Lauren Weinstein, 'Brits' Failed Heavy Metal Censorship Attempt Disrupts Wikipedia Edits', Lauren Weinstein's Blog, 7 December 2008
at: <http://lauren.vortex.com/archive/000478.html>
[See also IWF statement above in International]

Asher Moses, 'Cash floods in for anti-censorship protests, ' The Age/SMH/ Brisbane Times Technology, 5 December 2008
at: <http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2008/12/05/1228257282965.html>

Iljitsch van Beijnum, 'Australia's Internet filtering too ambitious, doomed to fail,' Ars Technica, December 2008
at: <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081205-australias-internet-filtering-too-ambitious-doomed-to-fail.html>

timothy>, 'Clarifying the Next Step in Australia's Net-Censorship Scheme,' Slashdot, 5 December 2008,'
at: <http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/12/05/0355227&from=rss>

'Govt's web censorship will hurt economy, group says,' ABC News online, 5 December 2008
at: <http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/12/05/2439048.htm>
['Community advocacy group Get Up says the Federal Government's commitment to internet censorship will slow down speeds and hurt the economy.']

Andrew Ramadge, 'GetUp! organises advertising blitz to protest internet filter', News.com.au, 4 December 2008
at: <http://www.news.com.au/technology/story/0,28348,24750766-5014239,00.html>

Darren Pauli, 'Anti content filtering rebels take to the streets - Protests planned across the country,' Computerworld, 3 December 2008
at: <http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/269615/anti_content_filtering_rebels_take_streets>

Kathryn Small, 'Young Labor calls for an opt-in system,' Ban This URL, 3 December 2008
at: <http://www.banthisurl.com/2008/12/young-labor-calls-for-an-opt-in-system>/
['“We want an opt-in system,” Janai Tabbernor, president of NSW Young Labor, told Ban This URL.']

BBC Digital Planet, segment on filtering trial at end of program, 2 December 2008 [streaming audio]
at: <http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/programmes/digital_planet.shtml>

Peter Hoysted, 'Wrong way Conroy persists in censorship,' Jack the Insider Blog, The Australian online, 1 December 2008 [at: <long link>]

Asher Moses, 'Children's welfare groups slam net filters,' SMH/ The Age/ Brisbane Times online , 1 December 2008
at: <http://www.smh.com.au/news/home/technology/net-censor-plan-blasted/2008/11/28/1227491813497.html>
at: <http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2008/11/28/1227491813497.html>
at: <http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/technology/childrens-welfare-groups-slam-net-filters/
2008/11/28/1227491813497.html>

Chris Berg, 'Neutering the net is about repression, not protection', Sunday Age Online, 30 November 2008
at: <http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/neutering-the-net-is-about-repression-not-protection-20081129-6nej.html>

ABC Local Radio 2BL Sydney, interview with Alana Maurushat re: the forum, 27 November 2008 8:45 am
ABC Local Radio Illawarra, interview with David Vaile, 27 November 2008, 3:45 pm
ABC Local Radio Newcastle, interview with David Vaile, 26 November 2008.

Adrian Raschella, 'Govt push for mandatory internet filtering', ABC TV 7:30 Report, 24 November 2008
Transcript: at: <http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2008/s2428304.htm>
Video: rtsp://media1.abc.net.au/reallibrary/730report/200811/
20081124-730-cyber2_16_9_bband.rm> [Real, high bandwidth]
Video: at: <http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=IWoUB66FFb8> [YouTube]

John Davidson, 'Fight for right to BitTorrent,' Australian Financial Review, 25 November 2008, p.32.
[Not freely accessible online. Satirical, querying potential connections between the recent iiNet law suit, the new Bermeister/Speck copyright surveillance service, and the proposed Australian-government-mandated ISP content filter as they may all challenge the role of ISPs as 'common carriers'.]

Brian Haverty, 'ZDNet.com.au readers slam content filtering', ZDNet.com.au 20 November 2008
at: <http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/communications/soa/ZDNet-com-au-readers-slam-content-filtering/
0,130061791,339293387,00.htm>

Asher Moses, 'Film companies sue iiNet 'for allowing piracy'', SMH online, 20 November 2008
at: <http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/biztech/film-pirates-put-iinet-in-the-dock/2008/11/20/1226770617457.html>
[query whether ISP level filtering is required for proposed solution; see also Bermeister/Speck story below]

Suzanne Tindal, 'iiNet was asking for legal trouble: Exetel', ZDNet.com.au, 21 November 2008
at: <http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/communications/soa/iiNet-was-asking-for-legal-trouble-Exetel/
0,130061791,339293440,00.htm>

Andrew Hendry, 'OpenNet Initiative: Australia’s content filtering “frightening”', ARN Net, 19 November, 2008
at: <http://www.arnnet.com.au/article/267938/opennet_initiative_australia_content_filtering_frightening>
['A collaboration of Harvard, Cambridge, Oxford and Toronto universities warns that Internet filtering is prone to error, collateral filtering and underblocking, no matter where or how it is implemented' - see Access Denied, above]

Andrew Hendry, 'ACS creates task force, UNSW to hold forum on Internet filtering - Controversial mandatory Internet filtering under the microscope again', CIO magazine, 18 November 2008
at: <http://www.cio.com.au/article/267818/acs_creates_task_force_unsw_hold_forum_internet_filtering>

'ISP filtering', Australia Talks, Radio National, 18 November 2008
at: <http://www.abc.net.au/rn/australiatalks/stories/2008/2419136.htm> or [ MP3]:
at: <http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/rn/podcast/current/audioonly/ats_20081118.mp3>
Guests: Mark Pesce, Honorary lecturer in Digital Cultures, University of Sydney; Clive Hamilton, Professor of Public Ethics at Charles Sturt University; Dale Clapperton, spokesperson, Electronic Frontiers Australia; Anthony Pillion, managing director Webshield; Bernadette McMenamin, CEO, Child Wise

‘Senator Conroy expands reach of net filters to "unwanted content"’, ITNews, 13 November 2008
at: <http://www.itnews.com.au/News/88908,senator-conroy-expands-reach-of-net>-filters-to-unwanted-content.aspx

Fran Foo, 'Canberra calls net filter trial', The Australian, IT 11 November 2008
at: <http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,24632210-15306,00.html>

Asher Moses, 'Net censorship plan backlash', The Age, 11 November 2008
at: <http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2008/11/11/1226318639085.html>

Liam Tung, 'Conroy calls for filter pilot volunteers', ZDNet.com.au, 11 November 2008
at: <http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/soa/Conroy-calls-for-filter-pilot-volunteers/0,130061733,339293134,00.htm>

‘Duplicate content filter will hurt family-friendly ISPs’, ITNews, 10 November 2008
at: <http://www.itnews.com.au/News/88655,duplicate-content-filter-will-hurt-f>amilyfriendly-isps.asp

Alex Serpo, 'Filter plans a step too far: NetRegistry', ZDNet.com.au 10 November 2008
at: <http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/security/soa/Filter-plans-a-step-too-far-NetRegistry/0,130061744,339293109,00.htm>

Adam Turner, 'Australian Internet filters have backdoor', PC Authority magazine,3 November 2008
at: <http://www.pcauthority.com.au/BlogEntry/127342,australian-internet-filters-have-backdoor.aspx>

'The Great Firewall of Australia', The Media Report, ABC Radio, 30 October 2008
at: <http://www.abc.net.au/rn/mediareport/stories/2008/2405376.htm>

Lisa Creffield , 'Internet Censorship', Sky News, c. 29 October 2008 [Flash Video interview with Minister Conroy] at: <http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=oCVIPC6nIfA> [script]

"Internet 'Clean Feed' met with stern opposition", Radio National PM, 29 October 2008 [at: link>]

Asher Moses, 'Rivals combine to combat crime', The Age, Technology section, 29 October 2008
at: <http://www.theage.com.au/news/technology/biztech/kazaa-foes-join-up-to-fight-pirates-and-porn/2008/10/28/1224956013205.html>
[Kevin Bermeister, sued by global music industry in Kazaa litigation, and Michael Speck, former head of Music Industry Piracy Investigations (MIPI) which ran lawsuit against Kazaa, jointly announce new filtering technology claimed able to remove both pornography and piracy from P2P networks.]

Leanne Edmistone, Renee Viellaris and Jennifer Dudley- Nicholson, 'Internet filter to cause World Wide Wait for Aussies,' Courier-Mail, 29 October 2008
at: <http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,24567413-952,00.html>

Nate Anderson, 'Australia's Internet filter: could legal content be banned, too?', Ars technica, 28 October 2008
at: <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081028-australias-internet-filter-could-legal-content-be-banned-too.html>

Asher Moses, 'Family First demands wider internet filters', SMH Online, 28 October 2008
at: <http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/family-first-demands-wider-internet-filters/2008/10/27/1224955948624.html >

'SAGE-AU defends right to criticise content filtering', ITNews, 27 October 2008
at: <http://www.itnews.com.au/News/87626,sageau-defends-right-to-criticise-co>ntent-filtering.aspx

Andrew Hendry and Darren Pauli,"'Appalled' opposition hits back at Conroy’s Internet censorship - The Government’s attempts to silence criticism of content filtering sparks outrage," Computerworld, 24 October 2008
at: <http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;879301684>

'Rudd Government launches virtual children's hub', ITNews, 23 October 2008
at: <http://www.itnews.com.au/News/87354,rudd-government-launches-virtual-chi>ldrens-hub.aspx

Lorna Edwards and Phillip Coorey, 'Naked girl offended by PM' SMH online, 8 July 2008
at: <http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2008/07/07/1215282805312.html>>

Wilson A & Wilson L, ‘Gallery Raid Revives Censorship Issue’, The Australian 24 May 2008
at: <http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,23749181-16947,00.html>

James Fallows, “The Connection Has Been Reset”, The Atlantic, March 2008
at: <http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200803/chinese-firewall>
[why Chinese firewall is easy to breach but effective]

AFP, 'Australia's plans to filter Internet under fire,' The Age online, 2 January 2008
at: <http://news.theage.com.au/technology/australias-plans-to-filter-internet-under-fire-20080102-1jwl.html>

‘Conroy announces mandatory internet filters to protect children’, ABC News Online, 31 Dec 2007
at: <http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/12/31/2129471.htm>

Iain Thomson, 'UK Government porn bill faces Backlash', ITNews, 9 July 2007
at: <http://www.itnews.com.au/News/55779,uk-government-porn-bill-faces-backla>sh.aspx

'ISPs keeping compliant', IT NewsWire, 11 May 2006
at: <http://www.itnews.com.au/News/32464,isps-keeping-compliant.aspx>
['The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has reported that local ISPs are doing their part for online consumer safety.']

Video etc.

See also references to appearances by Minister Conroy on SBS and ABC, above.

Interview with Stephen Conroy, 7 April 2009, Triple J at http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/triplej/hack/daily/hack_tues_2009_04_07.mp3

David Jackmanson, 'Stop Australian Internet Censorship: Rally Sat Dec 13 2008', YouTube
at: <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPBdWjIrUn4>

Lisa Creffield , 'Internet Censorship', interview with Minister Conroy, Sky News, c. 29 October 2008
at: <http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=oCVIPC6nIfA> [Flash Video][script]

Potentially Relevant Organisations or programs

These are a selection of organisations understood to be involved in some way in policy discussions or practical activity or regulation in the general area of Internet filtering and the recent Australian proposals. Given the potential for uses of the proposed filter systems beyond 'protection of young people' issues, there may be other organisations in other fields with an interest in aspects of the proposal. As with all other references listed, no endorsement or criticism, of them by us or of us by them, is intended or implied by inclusion or exclusion from this list.

( *The Wikipedia link is provided for convenience for starting inquiries; as authorship and editing is unattributed, content on Wikimedia must always be treated as of unknown reliability unless otherwise confirmed.)

Australian Christian Lobby
at: <http://www.acl.org.au/> [wikipedia entry*]

  • See media references to Jim Wallace

Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA)
at: <http://www.acma.gov.au/> [wikipedia entry*]

Australian Computer Society (ACS)
at: <http://www.acs.org.au > [wikipedia entry*]

Australian Sex Party
at: <http://www.sexparty.org.au/> [wikipedia entry*]

Berkman Centre for Internet and Society at Harvard University, US

Bravehearts [Internet safety page, passing mention of filters]
at: <http://www.bravehearts.org.au/internetsafety.ews>

Civil Liberties Australia, 'CensorFree' site
at: <http://www.cla.asn.au/>
at: < http://www.censorfree.com.au/>

ChildWise
at: <http://www.childwise.net/>

Classification Board, Commonwealth Attoney-Generals Department; see also former OFLC [wikipedia entry, out of date*]
at: <http://www.classification.gov.au/>

Cybertip.Ca ['Canada's national tipline for reporting the online sexual exploitation of children.' Operates CleanFeed, a non-government voluntary ISP-level outside-country pre-pubescent-child-porn-only filter provider]
at: <http://www.cybertip.ca/app/en/cleanfeed>

Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (DBCDE) [wikipedia entry*]
at: <http://www.dbcde.gov.au/>

Digital Liberty Coalition
at: <http://www.dlc.asn.au/>

Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA), No Clean Feed site [wikipedia entry*]
at: <http://www.efa.org.au/>
at: <http://nocleanfeed.com/>

Electronic Freedom Project
at: <http://wiki.efp.org.au/>

Family First [political party, affiliated with Senator Fielding] [wikipedia entry*]
at: <http://www.familyfirst.org.au/>

Getup,'Save the Net' campaign, December 2008 [wikipedia entry*]
at: <http://www.getup.org.au/campaign/SaveTheNet/>
[see also at: <fact sheet>]

Inspire Foundation
at: <http://www.inspire.org.au/

Internet Industry Association (IIA)
at: <http://www.iia.net.au/

Internet Society of Australia (ISOC-AU) [wikipedia entry for ISOC*]
at: <http://www.isoc-au.org.au>

Internet Watch Foundation UK [wikipedia entry*]
at: <http://www.iwf.org.uk/ >
['UK Hotline for reporting illegal content, specifically, child sexual abuse content hosted worldwide, and criminally obscene and incitement to racial hatred content hosted in the UK'; see Annual Report 2007, April 2008. IWF list may be used by ACMA for local blacklist and Google, for search results.]

Kids Free 2B Kids
at: <http://www.kf2bk.com/>

National Association for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (NAPCAN) [wikipedia entry*]
at: < http://www.napcan.org.au/>

NetAlert (ACMA and DBCDE), including advice, report form, and free filters for PCs until 31 December 2008
at: <http://www.netalert.gov.au/>

Save the Children Australia [wikipedia entry*]
at: <http://www.savethechildren.org.au/>

Stop The Clean Feed/'Australians Against Internet Censorship'
at: <http://stopthecleanfeed.com/>
[advocates, organised rallies on 13 December 2008 and March 2009]

Wikileaks [wikipedia entry*]
at: <http://wikileaks.org/>
[Hosts alleged historical versions of lists used in various countries, as well as many other controversial documents. Whole domain appears to have become inaccessible on 19 March 2009, apparently due to overloading of servers from heavy traffic after leak of lists from Australia.]

Womens Forum Australia
at: <http://www.womensforumaustralia.com/>

World Day Against Cyber Censorship, 12 March