Secret web bans in FOI changes

The Australian Government has refused to allow Electronic Frontiers Australia to find out which web sites have been banned under the federal web censorship laws introduced in 2000. Government spokespeople generally insist that they’re all hardcore pedophilia etc, but the issue of which web sites are banned has become more interesting since the NSW Police Minister called for web sites run by WTO protestors to be shut down. So in order to ward off continuing inquiries from the likes of EFA, the Government is introducing changes to FOI laws

Candidate Uses Net as Weapon Against Incumbent Opponent

California Assembly candidate Dan Dow has an official Web site: Dandow.com. But he’s also registered the URLs JohnDutra.com, JohnDutra.net and JohnDutra.org. And incumbent Assemblyman John Dutra — Dan Dow’s opponent in the upcoming election for California’s 20th District — is none too pleased that his name is being used against him in the campaign