Aussie Hackers Fight Back

Internet Censorship Protest Shuts Down Australian Government Websites

Kevin Rudd's government may have shown some initial decency and strength by shutting down the previous administration's ID card scheme but they're proving to be just as much a bunch of authoritarian wankers as Howard's lot when it comes to the internet. Read on and learn, because this is what is going to happen everywhere - not just China and Iran:

Hackers protesting government censorship of the Internet have shut down several Australian government websites in a demonstration against the announcement that filters would be imposed to block access to websites deemed offensive by the authorities.

'Deemed offensive by the authorities'? Fuck the authorities. Prepare to fight back.

Bono The Bollix

Bono calls for control over Internet downloads.

WASHINGTON (AFP) – Irish rock star Bono called Sunday for tougher controls over the spread of intellectual property over the Internet, arguing that file swiping and sharing hurt creators of cultural products...

The singer pointed out that the US effort to stop child pornography and China's effort to suppress online dissent indicate that it is "perfectly possible to track" Internet content.

Not a good idea invoking a totalitarian state to bolster lame arguments.

Cretin.

Iran Twitter German Censorship Insurrection Coffee

Twitterverse working to confuse Iranian censors. ?

The Coming Insurrection? Liberating Lipsticks and Lattes.

The dawning of internet censorship in German. It's either terrorism or child abuse - take your pick.

Library Bans Writer and Australians Get Net Censorship

An interesting post over at Areopagitica about Hackney council cancelling a reading in a library by Iain Sinclair because they don't like his views on the forthcoming Olympics.

And, having thought the Australians were smarter than us for demolishing attempts to set up an ID card and database similar to those planned by our own dear leaders, I find they're now intent on censoring internet access automatically.