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>I guess it's the norm for China and Russia. I guess it's the norm in Australia and New Zealand now as well. And let's not forget that Sci-Hub has been blocked
by Jerry2 8y ago
>I guess it's the norm for China and Russia.
I guess it's the norm in Australia and New Zealand now as well. And let's not forget that Sci-Hub has been blocked in a bunch of countries (including the US) and their domains have been taken away [1].
It looks to me that Australia, in particular, is the testing ground for FIVE EYES censorship efforts. Australia recently passed a draconian anti-encryption law [2] which will impact a number of multi-national companies. Other members of FIVE EYES are gauging the fallout from this and are probably waiting for some tragedy to strike before they can enact similar laws.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sci-Hub#Legal_situation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sci-Hub#Legal_situation
[2] https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/7/18130391/encryption-law-australia-global-impact https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/7/18130391/encryption-law-a...
- plugger 8y ago> It looks to me that Australia, in particular, is the testing ground for FIVE EYES censorship efforts. Australia recently passed a draconian anti-encryption law [2] which will impact a number of multi-national companies. Other members of FIVE EYES are gauging the fallout from this and are probably waiting for some tragedy to strike before they can enact similar laws. Australia doesn't have free speech in so far as the US does with the first amendment. Australia doesn't have a citizen Bill of Rights either. This combined with Australian's penchant for not taking risks does bode well for using it as a Five Eyes testing ground to remove what some would consider basic rights.