The Australian National Internet Filtering Scheme

Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Eekonomy

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The Australian National Internet Filtering Scheme

Welcome.

On this site you can find important information about Australia's exciting new regime of Internet censorship. Please participate in our reader's poll, or read about how Internet filtering will protect your children, pets and other livestock.

Regards,
Stephen Control (DBCDE).

 

New Initiative to Filter All Electronic Communications

In light of the prime minsters' statement today that we shouldn't "treat the Internet differently from any form of communications, like films and books and so on", Stephen Control, Minister for the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Eekonomy, revealed plans to bring all electronic communications into line with government policy.

"Following on from the prime minister's reasoning, we are expanding our proposed regime of censorship to encompass filtering of such things as email, blog comments, online chat, online video, online games and in-game conversations, Internet phones, the public telephone systems, SMS, Facebook "likes", and Google search results," Mr Control explained.

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Users To Blame For My School Website Crash

This morning's problems with the new 'My Schools' website is not the government's fault, according to IT experts at the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Eekonomy. A combination of too many users, and users pressing too hard on the links, is causing the problem.

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Australian Government Proposes Road Network Filter

Stephen Control, Minister for the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Eekonomy, today outlined a new filtering proposal - this time for cars on Australian roads.

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Survey Reveals Landslide Support For Internet Censorship

8th January, 2010. In the world's first ever online survey, the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Eekonomy revealed "landslide support for Internet censorship in Australia," according to DBCDE minister, Stephen Control.

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Poll

Do you support the Australian Government's proposal for mandatory Internet filtering?
 

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