Article: Australia Channels Orwell; Nude Art Must Be Pre-Approved

Published: March 09, 2010

Australia is planning on forcing artists who create images of nude children to pay a fee of $500 per image to have them classified by the...

Article: Corporate Service Providers Promote Mobile Censorship

Published: November 25, 2011

Instead of promoting solutions that offer individualized methods to filter unwanted content received on their mobile devices, these corporate...

Company News: Australian Sex Party: .XXX Represents Huge Censorship Push

Published: March 21, 2011

According to the Australian Sex Party, the .XXX top-level domain approved by ICANN on Friday spells the beginning of the end for the...

Article: France Flirts with ISP-Level Censorship

Published: February 22, 2010

The French are about to break the world’s heart. The country known for its love of all things sexy is on the verge of passing legislation that...

Article: China Ups Ante in World Censorship Olympics

Published: February 12, 2010

The World Censorship Olympics are heating up. Finalists Iran, Australia and China are in a fierce fight to see which one can claim the gold...

Article: 'It’s a Sad Day in Australia': Government Approves ISP Filters

Published: December 15, 2009

Tuesday, Australian Communication Minister Stephen Conroy announced that the government will introduce legislation next year that will make it...

Article: Malaysia Backs Off Web Porn Censorship

Published: August 11, 2009

Right after plans to examine internet filtering were announced, Malaysia's government is now backing off to the point of Prime Minister Najib...

Article: Australia's Conroy Backing Off Filtering Plan

Published: April 03, 2009

Australian Communications Minister Stephen Conroy is backing away from plans for the "Great Aussie Firewall." The proposal, which includes a...

Article: Australia's Conroy Admits Filter Won't Stop Pedophiles

Published: March 30, 2009

Australian Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has admitted his filtering proposal for the Internet will not stop child pornography or...

Article: Aussie Censorship Board Site Hacked

Published: March 27, 2009

The website of the Australia's Classification Board was hacked Thursday evening, in protest of the now-infamous Internet filtering scheme of the...

Article: Australia's Internet Censorship Could Be Doomed to Fail

Published: December 05, 2008

The government-backed mandatory Internet filtering system being implemented in Australia could be too broad in scope to succeed.

Article: Australia's Eros Association Calls for Uniform Porn Retail Laws

Published: January 16, 2008

Adult industry lobbying group the Eros Association plans to push Australia's new Federal Labor Government to revise laws prohibiting the retail...

Article: Australia to Adopt Internet Censorship

Published: December 26, 2007

In an effort to stop children from viewing unsuitable material on the Internet, the Australian Communications and Media Authority will enact new...

Article: Damon and Hunter Banned From Australia's QueerDoc Fest

Published: August 21, 2006

Article: AdultShop.com Backs Australian Censorship Review: Report

Published: February 15, 2005

Article: Australian Net Group Slams Party's Censorship Call

Published: October 08, 2004

Article: Are Australia's New Net Content Regs Working?

Published: March 21, 2000

Article: 'Sex & Zen' Filmmakers Announce 4D Follow-Up

Published: March 19, 2012

The filmmaker of last year's big-budget 3D adult film, 3D Sex & Zen: Extreme Extacy, is going even bigger and better for the sequel. Producer...

Article: Is Conroy Playing Fast and Loose With the Aussie ISP Filter?

Published: May 07, 2010

Australian Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has created more than a little confusion (and consternation) Down Under with his recent...

Article: Conroy Reiterates Need for ISP-Level Filtering

Published: April 13, 2010

Conroy's comments came as critics of the plan both within the country and without have escalated their call for the Rudd administration to...