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Blogging resistance to Fiji's military dictatorship

April 13, 2009 – 1:36 am

Kevin Rudd has said that Fiji is now “virtually a military dictatorship”.  I’m not sure what else needs to happen before the word “virtually” gets dropped, but whatever term you want to use, it sure isn’t democracy – especially with the latest censorship crackdown. The dictatorship’s Secretary for Information, Major Neumi Leweni, is kindly providing ‘information officers’ [...]

By Andrew Bartlett | Posted in blogging, international issues | Also tagged , | Comments (6)

Effective alternatives to mandatory Internet filtering

March 25, 2009 – 6:27 am

Last night I attended a forum organised by New Matilda on the federal government’s plan to introduce a mandatory filter for Internet Service Providers.  I usually don’t find forums where all the speakers hold roughly the same view particularly enlightening, but the speeches were all to the point and not too long, which allowed a [...]

By Andrew Bartlett | Posted in Internet | Also tagged , | Comments (2)