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Thursday, July 01, 2010

Have your say! No more on the Internet?

The Gillard government’s proposed Internet filter has ignited a storm of protest and criticism from the ‘geek’ community. It won’t work and it’ll be a gag on Internet democracy they say. See, for example:

<http://nocleanfeed.com/>

<http://apcmag.com/testing-of-conroys-internet-filter-was-flawed-expert-.htm>

This is a pretty big, influential and communications-savvy community to put off-side!

The US administration has plans to do the same thing. It’s a battle for democracy many say.

<http://www.atr.org/files/files/ATR_PolicyBrief_NetNeutrality.pdf>

But in the UK, an official government report has just been released saying that the Internet must be left alone, open and free:

<http://www.ofcom.org.uk/consult/condocs/net-neutrality/netneutrality.pdf>

How many of us who work for ourselves have built our businesses, income and lifestyle around the freedom the Internet gives us? Is the Internet filter needed? Have your say.

TheNational Small Business Summittakes place in Brisbane next week (8 July). It’s where big business meets small business meets government. All the heavies will be there. Look at the speaker list.<http://www.nsbs.com.au/>Attend if you can and speak up!<http://www.nsbs.com.au/register-now>. Or send us your views about the internet filter<mailto:ken@contractworld.com.au>. I’ll be attending as ICA’s representative. We’ll make sure the policy heavies hear!

Regards
Ken Phillips (Exec. Dir.) and
the team at Independent Contractors of Australia
<http://www.contractworld.com.au/index.php>