KerryJ’s Neotenous Tech

In Australia, most schools operate on a white list system when it comes to the web sites they can access. Educators have to apply for sites to be unblocked for classroom use and some sites are banned with no hope of unblocking them. The practitioners I’ve talked to are feeling frustrated - they’d [...]

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The federal government is pushing a bill to force all telecommunications providers to facilitate lawful data interception across fixed and mobile telephone systems, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), Instant Messaging (IM) and chat room discussions.
 
http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;81561031
 
Anyone up for uplifting discussions on this bill?  Or the new email snooping powers? Or the filter on ISPs “for the [...]

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Al Upton has been asked to take down his blog for his grade 3 kiddos and has complied. He obtained permissions slips from parents and has violated no laws.
The concerns stemmed from one parent’s concern regarding the fact his child’s photo was on the internet (despite the fact that permission slips were issued) and the [...]

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In a Bush-like move to stifle opposition, the newly installed Labour government has tried to position anyone who is FOR freedom of speech and against their filtering policies as porn-loving child molestors.
This from the Telecommunications Minister, Stephen Conroy:

addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fkerryj.com%2F2008%2F01%2F04%2Fdisagree-and-youre-an-anti-australian-pervert%2F’;
addthis_title = ‘Disagree+and+you+are+an+anti-Australian+pervert’;
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It was with great amusement that I watched a CNN interview with Andrew Keen, author of “The Cult of the Amateur”.
The author puts forth the argument that Web 2.0 activities - and he apparently feels music piracy belongs on that list - is putting professionals out of jobs and confusing young people.
Entertainment, news, encyclopedias - [...]

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