Tag Archives: censorship

Turkey’s Internet Censorship

The political battle of censorship in Australia has been relatively futile so far for those of us against it. By its proponents, issues have been muddled together, sensationalist terms like “child porn” have been bandied about and claims have been made that it’s safer for Australian children using the Internet. That last part is supposed [...]

The Internet: A Democracy

Tonight I appeared briefly on ABC’s programme Q&A which was this week about Internet filtering. I asked of the panellists a question which read: (John Gilmore famously once said, “The Net interprets censorship as damage and routes around it.” However,) “The Net” is not some robot but the result of how everyone uses it. Since [...]