Back in 2010 we were campaigning against Conroy's internet filreting.
Shortly after everybody felt victorious when initiative to filter Australian
internet did not fly.
Yet somehow since 2016 we have some form of censorship not much different from what has been proposed earlier:
- https://www.smh.com.au/technology/australian-senate-passes-controversial-antipiracy-websiteblocking-laws-20150622-ghuorh.html
- https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-11-19/small-australian-isp-refuses-to-bow-to-legal-threats-to-block-w/6955432
- https://www.lifehacker.com.au/2016/12/australian-isps-will-be-forced-to-block-the-pirate-bay-and-other-torrent-sites/
- https://www.comcourts.gov.au/file/Federal/P/NSD498/2018/3818119/event/29434149/document/1194559
Ultimately this means that Australian ISPs are not to be trusted to provide reliable/trustworthy DNS servers and that struggle for free Internet should continue perpetually...
Here are some historical links to web sites opposing internet filtering:
- AUSTRALIA UNCENSORED
- Open Internet
- discussing censorship and moral panic in Australia
- Whirlpool about cleanfeed
- Netalarmed - parody