Civil Liberties and the Proposed Internet Filter
Wednesday, 24th March 2010
ib3.307 from 4-5.30pm
This week the Deakin Philosophical Society will look at the debate over the proposed Internet filter in Australia. Discussion will be based around two brief articles:
- Clive Hamilton (2009) ‘Web doesn’t belong to net libertarians‘, The Age, February 16; and,
- ABC News (2009) ‘Green light for Internet filter plans‘, ABC Online, December 15.
These articles contain a number of arguments for and against the filter. Both articles refer to Electronic Frontiers Australia, a group for online civil liberties.
This discussion will continue the topic of Civil Liberties and Conceptions of Liberty.
I hope to see you there for another week of lively discussion,
Dylan Nickelson,
President, Deakin Philosophical Society.
Following on from AC Grayling’s presentation last Thursday on the topic of civil liberties and conceptions of liberty, tomorrow, Wednesday 17th March, from 4-5.30pm the Deakin Philosophical Society will meet in ib3.307 to further discuss Professor Grayling’s position.
The discussion will focus on both Grayling’s presentation and a short article by him entitled ‘Tolerating Intolerance’ [1].
I hope to see you there,
Dylan Nickelson,
President, Deakin Philosophical Society.
1. AC Grayling (2007), ‘Tolerating Intolerance’, Index on Censorship, vol. 36, no. 2, pp. 124-130
