Should Senator Conroy’s proposed ISP filtering come to fruition, it concentrates extraordinary powers on whoever is to actually run it. It allows the surveillance of the Internet activities of Kevin Rudd’s children, the journalists at News Limited, or the government’s perceived political opponents (or its own members), or of anyone. At will. Without cause. Without warrant. … [Read more...] about Proposed ISP filtering allows surveillance of journalists, citizens, politicians
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Net filtering and virtual worlds: reactions
After last night's story on the Australian Government's internet content filtering legislation and its potential impact on virtual worlds, the response has been astounding. Today has seen the largest ever traffic on The Metaverse Journal. Like any issue, there are a few camps of thought: 1. Those who have significant concerns that environments like Second Life will end up … [Read more...] about Net filtering and virtual worlds: reactions
An open letter on virtual worlds for Senator Conroy
Today's coverage by Asher Moses in Fairfax newspapers on the latest saga with content filtering in Australia, alludes to virtual environments such as Second Life being added to the list of content not suitable for viewing in Australia. Essentially, the issue is that online 'games' like World of Warcraft and Second Life have not received an Classification rating and therefore … [Read more...] about An open letter on virtual worlds for Senator Conroy
Metaplace impressions
At The Metaverse Journal, we've followed Metaplace closely and covered its beta phase previously. Senior contributor Tateru Nino was asked to put Metaplace through its paces to ensure we haven't been too starry-eyed about its potential - Editor. Still in beta, Metaplace still has some rough edges and glitches, but it is certainly coming along very nicely. The look and feel of … [Read more...] about Metaplace impressions
The first landmark in Second Life
In Second Life, I'm a bit of a landmark hoarder, and I noticed that I had kept the very first landmark I saved when I became a Second Life resident in 2006. As was common for new residents, I'd saved the location of the casino whose chairs I used to sit in to gain Linden dollars. Those were the days. So, I then decided to visit the landmark itself and found that the University … [Read more...] about The first landmark in Second Life