Great Aussie Firewall
The Australian government is moving forward with plans to filter out over 1000 Websites they have deemed inappropriate for public consumption. The effort, now referred to as the Great Aussie Firewall, has sparked protests and concern about what other forms of censorship this could lead to over time. For more about the recent battles being [...]
Internet sites could be given ‘cinema-style age ratings’
Did you know that Great Britain had a “Culture Secretary”? They do and his name is Andy Burnham. In a recent interview with The Daily Telegraph, Culture Secretary Burnham says he believes that new standards of decency need to be applied to the web. He plans to negotiate with Barack Obama’s administration to draw up [...]