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Internet Villain of the Year Stephen Conroy Resigns

Posted by timothy on from the do-you-trust-his-network? dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Australian Communications Minister and [2009's] Internet Villain of the Year Stephen Conroy has resigned after his patron was booted out by her party. Conroy gained infamy through his repeated attempts to censor the internet and more recently silent web site blocking, web snooping and data retention. His national broadband network remains controversial."

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  1. One down by FriendlyLurker · · Score: 2

    A whole lot of other corrupt dishonest Aussie politicians to go... they have had their fair go at it, mate.

    1. Re:One down by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful
      FTFA:

      What makes these revelations even more offensive are our elected representatives’ refusal to come clean. It is clear that the extent of Australian – United States cooperation on monitoring of citizens is not limited to special targets of high risk, identified and approved by lawful warrant to be intercepted and surveilled. No. It is all of us, all the time.

    2. Re:One down by Pav · · Score: 4, Funny

      Heheh... Made a while ago, but is surprisingly appropriate. (Gillard taken out, Murdoch, Wikileaks etc...) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Xm0HNbvtgQ

    3. Re:One down by Maso · · Score: 2

      The greens are in favour of r18.

      "When it came to reforming our classification system, only the Greens declared unequivocal support for the introduction of an R18+ rating for games.

      “It is bizarre that Australia is one of the only countries in the Western world without an adult classification for games,” says Scott Ludlam, Greens Senator for Western Australia. “We believe that a change to the classification system should occur in the next term in parliament.”"

      Tell me more of these wacky policies

  2. NBN controversial? by ChunderDownunder · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Smell the flamebait.

    The Uncle-Rupert article you linked to mentions an absurd claim high speed internet is a major health risk because of disturbing asbestos-laden pits in the process of replacing copper with fibre.

    Quite rightly Conroy called it out as ridiculous. These same pits would need to be accessed in laying fibre-to-the-node.

  3. Don't worry... by PopeRatzo · · Score: 2

    Conroy will probably be back soon as a highly-paid lobbyist, working for corporations and governments who will benefit from a locked-down internet.

    Shitstains take care of their own.

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    You are welcome on my lawn.