The Day We Fight Back

Whoops, almost forgot to add the blackout banner!
https://thedaywefightback.org/international/

Today, February 11th, 2014 is The Day We Fight Back against mass surveillance.

Senate Petition Regarding National Security Inquiry

If you're sick of the Government trying to corrode our online rights, sign this petition backed by the Australian Pirate Party!

I do no wrong, but I'm annoyed at being treated like a criminal.

Being thrown in prison because I don't want to give my encryption keys to my online passwords? Fuck off!

http://pirateparty.org.au/natsecinquiry-petition/

Say something about it now or forever lose your rights.

FIGHT BACK, GET MAD!

Secret Australian Internet Censorship Blacklist Leaked

Site is currently down, probably due to a massive influx of traffic.

http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Australian_government_secret_ACMA_internet_censorship_blacklist,_6_Aug_2008

Take a peek at it when you can, it'd be likely that the government is gonna try to block it somehow IF the filters go up.

Put that web filtering money into something more useful, like schools or into the police force.

FUCK THE ACMA!
Thanks, but no thanks.

*edit*
Just found a copy of the blacklisted links, probably copied from the wiki leak site.
Download it! And as the description says, share it before it gets taken down!

Australian Stupidity: Compulsory ISP Level Censorship

If you havent heard already, Senator Conroy is a complete tool and wants to censor our internet.
Its an ok idea on paper, but it'll cripple our net up to 75% and the censorship will cover a "grey area".

Sooner or later, stupid lobbyist groups will whinge and want to add more things to this "grey area" so more and more things become compulsory on the censor list, making our internet more restricted, much like China.

This is a knee jerk reaction to a bigger problem. They are shooting the messenger rather than locking up the sickos producing the child porn in the first place. Lets all just hide it from the internet and pretend it doesn't exist.

I dont send these sort of emails out very often, but this blows chunks.
If I wanted censored internet I would of bought net nanny or moved to China.
Restricting the amount of information people can view will only make them dumber.
eg. hillbillies, texans, bogans, etc.



Please take a quick moment to sign the petition.
http://petitions.takingitglobal.org/oznetcensorship

Cheers!
- Twig

ps. Honestly, I just don't want to end up in the awkward situation where my dad is going to ask me "hey, why cant I visit this *insert xxxsomethingfilthyxxx dot com* site?" or even worse, he'll ask me for ways to get around the filter for him.

More info at:
Filtering out the fury: how government tried to gag web censor critics
http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/biztech/labors-net-gag-worse-than-iran/2008/10/23/1224351430987.html

'Appalled' opposition hits back at Conroy’s Internet censorship
The Government’s attempts to silence criticism of content filtering sparks outrage.
http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=879301684&pp=1

Net filters may block porn and gambling sites
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2008/10/27/1224955916155.html
Guys, do you really want your porn censored?

Minister under fire: IT Professionals say net filtering won't work
http://www.itwire.com/content/view/21359/127/

http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=355409327&fp=16&fpid=0
Every organisation with an axe to grind and any kind of political clout will be lobbying the government to extend the blacklist to block access to whatever it is that pisses them off

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