September 6th, 2012
Index on Censorship joins other rights groups in calling on British Prime Minister David Cameron to resist plans for default internet blocking
Tags: Tags: Active Choice, digital freedom, filtering, Internet Blocking, internet freedom, UK,
September 14th, 2011
Culture secretary Jeremy Hunt is to call on internet service providers to offer greater security to parents. In a speech at the Royal Television society tonight, Hunt will announce that the government will be looking at protection of children from harmful online content. The government, Hunt will say, would like to see parents have an “active choice”, with ISPs offering users a filtering option to households signing up to accounts. Ofcom research suggests that just over 40 per cent of households with children currently use filtering software.Tags: Tags: filtering, ISPs, Jeremy Hunt,
October 12th, 2010
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has renewed her support for a controversial new web filter, saying the measure was driven by a “moral question“. The proposed filter will block access to material such as rape, drug use, bestiality and child abuse. Internet giants Google, Yahoo and Microsoft have criticised the plans, saying they set a worrying precedent for further censorship. There are also fears that the restrictions could be applied to legitimate information on issues such as euthanasia, abortion and drug addiction, as well as media reporting on criminal activity.Tags: Tags: Australia, filtering, internet, Internet censorship,
May 20th, 2009
The OpenNet Initiative aims to investigate, expose and analyze Internet filtering and surveillance practices in a credible and non-partisan fashion. It intends to uncover the potential pitfalls and unintended consequences of these practices, and thus help to inform better public policy and advocacy work in this area.
Tags: Tags: advocacy, filtering, internet, policy, surveillance,
