• Tweet Twitter has refined its technology so it can censor messages on a country-by-country basis. The additional flexibility is likely to raise fears that the short-messaging company’s commitment to free speech may be weakening. It comes as it expands into new countries in an attempt to broaden its audience and make more money. But Twitter [&hellip

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  • Tweet Five days before a critical vote, US senators are abandoning an anti-piracy bill after an outpouring of online opposition to tinkering with internet freedoms. Senate Democratic leaders still plan to vote on Tuesday on taking up the Protect International Property Act and supporters are scrambling to make changes before then to answer some of [&hellip

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  • Tweet In case you missed all the news on the proposed bill to Stop On Line Piracy, or SOPA as it has become known, is a bill that was introduced into the  US house of representatives in October last year.  The bill, if made law, would expand the ability of U.S. law enforcement and copyright [&hellip

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  • Tweet The federal government has again delayed the introduction of its proposed mandatory internet filter while a review of classified material is undertaken. While the review is under way three of Australia’s largest internet service providers have agreed to voluntarily block online child pornography material. Communications Minister Senator Stephen Conroy says some people are obviously [&hellip

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  • Tweet A change of Prime Minister is not enough to kill off one of the most stupid ideas of the 21st century. It had been thought that when  Julia Gillard took over the Australian government that she would allow a little bit of common sense to happen in Aussie politics. However, it seems that Gillard [&hellip

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