Fascism & Censorship

UK Passes Same-Sex Marriage Bill

The UK has officially joined the handful of countries enabling Gay Marriage to be officially recognised after much debate between religious and conservative groups. The Marriage Bill – often referred to as the Same Sex Couples Bill – will enable same-sex couples to marry in both civil and religious ceremonies. Couples who have previously entered [...]

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Australia’s New Law Proposal to Make “Offending” People a Felony.

I’ve ranted plenty of times about how Nicola Roxon and her band of misfits is a controlling Big Brother-inspired bag of sluttery and that Roxon should go fuck herself with her freedom-reducing policies but you literally CAN NOT make this shit up. New proposals have been brought forward for anti-discrimination laws which would actually make [...]

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Coroner in Roberto Curti’s Police-Tasering Inquest Labels Officers’ Actions as “Thuggish”.

New South Wales’ law enforcement agency has remained rather silent over the claims that the officers involved in the death of a Brazilian student Roberto Laudisio Curti who – a Sydney man who was practically tasered to death – face potential charges. Coroner Mary Jerram branded the officers’ behaviour as “thuggish” and reportedly rejected the [...]

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Radical Laws in the Philippines Could See Social Network Users Jailed Over Sharing, ‘Liking’, Re-Tweeting Etc.

With more than 25 million Filipinos on Facebook and close to 10 million on Twitter, Filipinos rank among the top 10 social network users in the world. So before you hit that ‘like’ button on Facebook or you re-tweet something you found amusing/passionate/interesting then realize that if you’re in the Philippines you risk conviction with [...]

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Web Censorship 2012: An Angry Letter to Nicola Roxon and Stephen Conroy

As someone who has spent a lot of time reporting on fascist politicians and who has equally shared disgust for draconian scumbags with the taste of freedom leaving a sour retention on their tongues, I figured it would be appropriate to approach Australian MP Nicola Roxon and Communications Minister Stephen Conroy (Cuntroy) regarding her support [...]

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Australia’s Nicola Roxon Pushing the “Big Brother” Data Retention Laws

THIS IS A FOLLOW-UP TO OUR STORY: AUSTRALIA INTRODUCES NEW LEGISLATION FORCING ISP’S TO STORE WEB HISTORY FOR 2 YEARS.   Despite the criticism that has arisen since our last post, Nicola Roxon, the Attorney-General of Australia, is still backing plans for ISPs to store user data for up to two years. The Australian Government’s [...]

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Australia Introduces New Legislation Forcing ISP’s to Store Web History for 2 Years.

In a move that certainly brings George Orwell’s 1984 to the Australian shores, a new big brother tactic has passed parliament and although it’s remained quiet under the media; we aim to make it known. These new cyber-data laws mean authorities can order telecommunication companies and internet service providers to track the internet history of [...]

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Ecuador Threatened by UK Government for Refusal to Hand Over Julian Assange. the Letter:

The U.K. and Ecuador are head-to-head over a letter in which the Latin American nation claims Britain threatened to "assault the embassy" if WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is not handed over. Britain’s Foreign Office has stated that the British diplomats were merely drawing the Ecuadoreans’ attention to laws which allow London to strip a renegade [...]

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WikiLeaks Cash-Strapped as Visa and MasterCard Ban Donations. Assange Recruits Spanish Jurist.

WikiLeaks said it is close to running out of cash, a problem the site blamed on companies Visa and MasterCard – both of which have forbidden users from donating to the site. According to their financial representatives, WikiLeaks’ cash reserves have fallen to roughly €100,000 In the first 6 months of 2012, WikiLeaks has disclosed [...]

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Australia to Return to Internet Censorship Plans in 2013 With “Mandatory Internet Filter” Revisit.

UPDATE: Turns out that the UN are a big player behind this proposition. See our November 2012 coverage here   The year is almost half over, as we scrape into the eighth month of 2012 I reassess the situation of Australia’s censorship including the Web Filtering system and the threat to internet freedom surrounding what [...]

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