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If I host my own website in the United States and post writing which is non-protected speech in Australia, might I be required to block Australian IP addresses
by avhon1 6y ago
If I host my own website in the United States and post writing which is non-protected speech in Australia, might I be required to block Australian IP addresses from accessing it, or even to remove it altogether? Even though I don't have any Australian presence, my content is available in Australia, which might meet a standard for offering a service in Australia. I know this is not what this ruling is about, but it does bring reality closer to my hypothetical.
Secondly, why should local laws be enforcable globally? Should Australia really be able to globally forbid speech which is prohibited in Australia? Facebook's initial response was to follow Australian rules in Australia, and geoblock the contested posts. According to this ruling, this is insufficient, and Facebook is required to block these posts, and "equivalent" content, globally.
edit: I did indeed misread "Austria" as "Australia" throughout the entire article
- notimetorelax 6y agoThis seems symmetrical to me to all the cases where EU copyright violators or varying US national security threats would get extradited to the US for a trial.
- lopmotr 6y agoAustralia can and will block your website locally. That's the pressure for you to conform to their laws. You don't have to but they don't have to let their citizens access it either. If Facebook ignored other country's laws, they would find themselves excluded entirely, such as has already happened in places like China.
- Sniffnoy 6y agoMinor note: You mean Austria, not Australia.
- odessacubbage 6y agomaybe they're just super into hentai.