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• ACMA wants to dump outdated spam code

  The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) is seeking public comment on its proposal to deregister the long-standing and outdated Industry Spam Code of Practice.
  

• Financial woes cause shut down of Internet Industry Association

  The Internet Industry Association will shut down, leaving the Communications Alliance to take responsibility for the collection of industry codes, such as the icode, that were developed and overseen by the industry body.

• IIA seeks public comment on iCode

  The Internet Industry Association (IIA) is asking for public feedback on the iCode, a voluntary industry code used by Internet Service Providers to identify malware on customer computers.

• IIA hires Anne Hurley as interim CEO

  Former Communications Alliance chief executive, Anne Hurley, has stepped into an interim CEO role at the Internet Industry Association (IIA) following the resignation of Steve Burrell this month.

• IIA once again seeking CEO after shock resignation

  The Internet Industry Association (IIA) is once again seeking a CEO after Steve Burrell announced his resignation days before he was due to commence work.

• Child abuse content blocking is for 'curious individuals': IIA

  The voluntary blocking of online child abuse material being implemented by ISPs Telstra and Optus is not attempting to address hardened offenders but instead looking to limit the availability of material to “curious individuals”, according to the Internet Industry Association (IIA).

• IIA details child abuse code of practice

  As Telstra and Optus prepare to begin the voluntary blocking child pornography sites based on a blocklist compiled by Interpol, the Internet Industry Association (IIA) has released a detailed framework to underpin the code of practice on child abuse for the industry.

• Six more ISPs sign up to iCode

  An additional six local internet service providers (ISPs) have joined the Internet Industry Association's iCode, which brings the organisation one step closer in achieving 100 per cent compliance.

• Updated: IIA chief steps down after more than 13 years

  Internet Industry Association (IIA) chief executive officer, Peter Coroneos, has announced his resignation from the role following 13 and a half years with the peak industry body.

• Can Australia's internet be switched off, too?

  Although Australia has been a stable democracy for 110 years now, shutting off the country's internet would be surprisingly easy to do and take just minutes, according to telecommunications experts.

• Uni CIOs call for greater copyright law protection

  In the wake of the AFACT versus iiNet decision, and the pending Federal Court appeal, university CIOs are calling for more legal protection from potential cases of copyrighted content distribution in their networks.