The tangled web: beyond an internet filter
A series of public forums about the internet regulation debate in Australia
The Federal Government’s proposal to block internet sites with a mandatory filter has drawn overwhelming opposition from voices across politics and civil society. So what are the real questions for policy-makers?
These forums explore the ethical, social and political questions raised by government regulation of the internet. With the growing intersection between technology, politics and media, how do existing and proposed classification regimes measure up?
Is filtering inevitable? Or are there better ways to regulate the world wide web?
Details over the fold
CHAIR:
Peter Black, QUT Faculty of Law
SPEAKERS:
Senator Scott Ludlam, The Australian Greens
Irene Graham, libertus.net
Nic Suzor, Electronic Frontiers Australia
WHEN:
Tuesday 24th March, 6pm
WHERE:
Room B122
Queensland University of Technology
2 George St, Brisbane
RSVP:
enquiries@newmatilda.com
This is a FREE event.
This is the first in a series of forums. newmatilda.com will present events in Adelaide, Sydney and Melbourne in coming weeks.
Latest Background Briefing on this topic was excellent. One of the main reasons I didn’t even give a preference vote to the ALP in the last WA state election was our own local versions of Conroy.
Mark,
Anything to say on this? Although I would guess that you completely and utterly disagree with the position taken by the linked site, I would have thought that this is an area would would have had an opinion on.
Andrew, I suspect Mark is busy with election stuff – and teaching, if his semester is anything like mine. I wouldn’t mind a thread on the politics of the fines and blacklist either, though. There are some interesting and potentially difficult questions arising from this. For me at least, it’s confirming a trend with this government that became evident around the time of the Henson case, although I suspect there is more political maneuvring going on around the blacklisting of sites.
Andrew, Klaus is about right. I’m also a bit crook at the moment – which doesn’t leave much time and energy available for blogging over and above the Queensland election stuff after work is taken into account.