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[News] Internet Filters: Epic Fail

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Internet filter blocks education sites, but not porn

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| AN INTERNET filter installed by the NSW education department gave students 
| access to pornographic material - but blocked educational sites. 
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http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,25851450-5018992,00.html?from=public_rss


Recent:

Internet filter sparks outrage

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| The Government is spending $150,000 on website "filtering" software,
| outraging some bloggers who say the move amounts to censorship of the
| internet.
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| Since 2007 the Department of Internal Affairs' Censorship Compliance Unit has
| worked with a small group of internet service providers on a "trial" project
| to block access to websites distributing child pornography.
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http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10584710&pnum=0


Iranian consumers boycott Nokia for 'collaboration'

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| The mobile phone company Nokia is being hit by a growing economic boycott in
| Iran as consumers sympathetic to the post-election protest movement begin
| targeting a string of companies deemed to be collaborating with the regime.
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/14/nokia-boycott-iran-election-protests
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