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of users and operators of computer-based communications systems such as the Internet. It also advocates the amendment of laws and regulations in Australia and elsewhere which restrict
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as well educating the community at large about the social, political, and civil-liberties issues involved in the use of computer-based communications systems.
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The organisation has warned against privacy invasions following the distribution of a draft code of practice for ISPs and their response to
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Sandy, Geoffrey A (2001). "The Government "Downunder" Attempts To Censor the Net". In Salehnia, Ali (ed.).
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and other material deemed unfit for public consumption online that was pursued by politicians such as
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clauses in free trade agreements between Australia and the United States.
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Cryptography and liberty: an international survey of encryption policy
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National Governments and Control of the Internet: A Digital Challenge
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In 1999, the organisation moved against legislation aiming to filter
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EFA was created in 1994. Its founders were inspired by the US-based
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The EFA spoke out against the rulings in relation to convicted
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In June 1997, the EFA acquired redacted copies of the
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This article about an organisation in Australia is a
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NGO
Digital rights
www.efa.org.au
non-profit
Australian
Internet
liberties
rights
Internet censorship in Australia
civil liberties
free speech
cybercrime
intellectual property
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Global Internet Liberty Campaign
Walsh Report
Freedom of Information Act 1982
internet pornography
Brian Harradine
Holocaust denier
Fredrick Töben
Adelaide Institute
Cleanfeed
Kim Beazley
Stephen Conroy
Australian Senate
Australia portal
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Internet portal

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