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We do not need an internet overlord
At first glance, the United Nations' International Telecommunications Union (ITU) seems benign. The agency helps coordinate global telephone...
Government's creeping hand
The federal government's proposed data-retention regime deserves every bit of the immense amount of public criticism that has been heaped upon it....
Only real threat is to our online privacy
Imagine if Australia Post opened and read all your mail. There would be outrage. Attorney-General Nicola Roxon has given her support to a proposal...
Privacy to be sacrificed as Roxon takes liberties with our freedoms
Moves on internet data retention are an attack on our rights. Last week Attorney-General Nicola Roxon argued for one of the most significant...
Media diversity fears are absurd and obsolete
The twin themes of the media debate - new regulation and creative destruction - coexist awkwardly. Communications Minister Stephen Conroy told...
Labor's two-edged sword
Right now, every federal Labor MP should ask themselves a question. And it's got nothing to do with what they are all (understandably) obsessed...
Be sceptical of vague new 'national security' powers
Any proposal by the government to increase its own power should be treated with scepticism. Double that scepticism when the government is vague...
Internet laws a sledgehammer approach to privacy
Legislators with little knowledge of internet privacy will do more harm than good. The protest against the American Stop Online Piracy Act...