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I posted to gorey.com.au
There has been a lot of discussion about newspapers charging for online content, but not much has been said about bloggers doing the same. A company called Fraxion Payments has now made it possible for bloggers to charge as little as one cent per article. “Creators of quality content can…
March 13 2010, 2:12am | Comments »
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I posted to gorey.com.au
South Australian internet censorship
South Australians will face online commenting restrictions when writs are issued for the March 20 State Election. The Advertiser revealed today that a new law came into force on January 6, requiring internet bloggers, and anyone making a comment on next month’s state election, to publish their real name and…
February 2 2010, 3:28am | Comments »
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I posted to ozcomments.com
The ABC’s proposed 24-hour news channel is a great idea. As managing director Mark Scott has stated, the ABC has the personnel and the resources to make it happen without incurring extra costs. What he didn’t say, but I imagine will happen, is integration with the proposed “virtual town square”…
January 24 2010, 3:05am | Comments »
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I posted to gorey.com.au
I’d like to thank the 115,962 people who visited this site in 2009. According to Microsoft adCentre Labs, 63 percent of you were male. Nearly 86 percent of you came from Australia, and according to Alexa, this is the 4272nd most popular website in Australia. The article viewed the most…
January 1 2010, 11:22pm | Comments »
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I posted to gorey.com.au
I’m supporting the online campaign to “Tear down the great firewall“. I oppose Australian Government plans to compulsorily filter the web. GetUp! has gathered more than 120,000 petition signatures so far in opposition to mandatory internet censorship. There are plenty of alternatives, like distributing software to parents to use at…
December 30 2009, 11:19pm | Comments »
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I posted to gorey.com.au
I was invited earlier this month to join the Gifted Web Writers program. An unsolicited email on November 13 said my site had been discovered during a search “for high quality blogs and gifted web writers”. The writer referred to a specific post. “Michael, you definitely have a unique and…
November 17 2009, 9:11pm | Comments »
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I posted to theborderwatch.blogspot.com
Time to tame the internet beast
Authorities need to urgently examine the regulation of popular interactive websites, such as Facebook.It is not acceptable that mainstream media are subject to laws and responsibilities, while so-called social media have free reign.The Border Watch reveals today a Facebook group was setup to specifically target, defame and bully a Mount…
August 27 2009, 9:47am | Comments »
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I posted to ozcomments.com
A forum topic has been created to discuss the regulation of social media (currently non-existent). This relates to a lengthy item on my personal blog, where comments will close at some point. Comments are not open here to avoid duplication. Comment in the forum.
August 27 2009, 6:53am | Comments »
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I posted to gorey.com.au
Regulate Facebook and ban hate sites
A cadet reporter came across a new Facebook group this week that was dedicated to denigrating a local teenager, let’s call him Joe. Categorised under “Organizations – clubs and societies”, the group was called “People who think Joe is annoying”. There was a photo of Joe wearing his cricket club…
August 27 2009, 6:07am | Comments »
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