Tag: censorship

Inside the Classification Board Part II: Q&A with a former deputy director

Understanding the decisions behind the classification of video games in Australia is important. In our latest in the series, GameSpot AU looks at how the system works through a Q&A with the newly-renamed Classification Board.

• Children's, liberties groups protest filter

  A number of Australian children's civil liberties and other groups have launched a significant protest against the Federal Government's plans to censor the internet through a filtering scheme.

• Public feedback on proposed Aussie R18+ debate detailed

  Bob Debus's department releases information about the upcoming discussion paper on R18+; intended closing date for consultation is 31 July 2009.

• Govt's banned sites list leaked online

  Whistle-blower site Wikileaks has published what it claims to be the government's blacklist of banned websites, but experts warn banning these sites won't prevent child pornography.

• Largest ISPs left out of filter list

  Communications Minister Stephen Conroy this afternoon announced the names of six ISPs that will participate in the Federal Government's internet filter trial — but the nation's largest ISPs are not on the list.

• Works of John Galsworthy. FREE Author's biography & play in the trial

  Indulge Yourself with the best classics literature on Your PDA. Navigate easily to any novel from Table of Contents or search for the words or...

• Works of John Galsworthy. FREE Author's biography & play in the trial

  Indulge Yourself with the best classics literature on Your PDA. Navigate easily to any novel from Table of Contents or search for the words or...

• Message Smuggler

  Send confidential data securely over the Internet by storing it in images.

• GPass

  Bypass Internet censorship and protect your privacy.