EFA member update: Filtering Fight
Dear EFA Supporter,
It has been a busy few weeks for Electronic Frontiers Australia as public outrage against the Government’s Internet censorship plan ignited around the country. EFA has served as a gateway for information on the scheme and a rallying point for opposition. Our revamped campaign website at http://nocleanfeed.com has seen an explosion in traffic, and the EFA board has done dozens of interviews in print, on radio and television getting the word out to the Australian public. See below for just a sample.
The campaign is working. On the internet, letters to the editor pages and talk-back stations around the country, the Australian public are up in arms. MPs around the country are being flooded with calls, letters and emails demanding an end to the censorship plans. If we keep it up, sufficient pressure can be summoned to bring about a full-scale retreat from this ludicrous and undemocratic position.
EFA will not be easing up the pressure. We will be increasing our online presence, working with other community groups to organise activism, preparing policy analysis material for politicians and journalists, and spreading the bad news with targeted advertising. We will be lobbying selected politicians, so with your continued support we expect to be banging on the doors of power in Canberra regularly over the coming months.
There are a few things you can do to help keep momentum building.
- If you haven’t already, visit the campaign website, and write to your local MP telling them how upset you are.
- Join our Action Alert mailing list here: http://lists.efa.org.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/alert and be ready to respond when a call for targeted action is made.
- Follow us on Twitter for frequent campaign updates.
- Volunteer. Got special skills in web or graphic design, online advertising, video production, community building or copy writing?
- Got expertise in the subject you’d like to share? Willing to hit the phones? Let us know.
- Send us feedback on the campaign (feedback@efa.org.au), and where you’d like to see EFA target its resources.
- Make a donation (http://www.efa.org.au/support/donations/) so that we can continue to fund our ongoing activities.
We haven’t forgotten about our other campaigns, either. Our campaign site pushing for an R18+ category for computer games went live last week at http://www.r18games.com. As always, check EFA’s home page for latest news.
-The EFA Board
EFA in the news
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
Filter to cause World Wide Wait
http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,24575125-15306,00.html
Net filters may block porn and gambling sites
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2008/10/27/1224955916155.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1
Stranglehold on the Internet
http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,24561421-5006364,00.html
Channel 7’s Morning program
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=xThNk0Vd4ws
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