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I agree Australia doesn't get to dictate what people do over the internet from remotely. Neither does the EU. Neither does China. If you violate China's laws

by dheera 6y ago

I agree Australia doesn't get to dictate what people do over the internet from remotely. Neither does the EU. Neither does China. If you violate China's laws with your website, they block you. They don't need you to change your website. It's very simple. If you violate GDPR, the EU is welcome to block you. If you violate weird Australian laws, Australia is welcome to block you. No different. Just that (hee hee) we know the EU and Australia won't dare set up national firewalls. But from the perspective of the website owner, they're welcome to set up a firewall if they don't like the website. But the website isn't going anywhere.

asymptosis 6y ago
> Australia won't dare set up national firewalls I wouldn't be so sure about that. Australian govt is pretty open to implementing draconian laws. We've already got mandatory ISP metadata retention; we don't have a bill of rights like USA, we're basically a cryptotheocracy with the head of the Anglican Church as our head of state.
- senectus1 6y ago
  I doubt the Aust Gov could competently setup a national firewall. Especially not a Liberal one.
- suifbwish 6y ago
  Who exactly would this firewall be protecting? Bitbucket, Jira and other competing Australian tech products would be dumped by anyone Australia firewalls off and there would be a dozen Silicon Valley startups to take their place over night.
  - dheera 6y ago
    Presumably they only need to filter out selective websites from being displayed inside Australia and not prevent Australian products from working outside of Australia.
- dash2 6y ago
  "we're basically a cryptotheocracy with the head of the Anglican Church as our head of state." I sense a teensy bit of exaggeration in this remark. Democratically elected politicians drafted this legislation, not the Queen.
jlawer 6y ago
> Australia won't dare set up national firewalls No... They will just setup a block list and make the ISPs block it. Hell they might even add a levy to the NBN to pay for it.

by dheera 6y ago

asymptosis 6y ago

> Australia won't dare set up national firewalls I wouldn't be so sure about that. Australian govt is pretty open to implementing draconian laws. We've already got mandatory ISP metadata retention; we don't have a bill of rights like USA, we're basically a cryptotheocracy with the head of the Anglican Church as our head of state.

senectus1 6y ago
I doubt the Aust Gov could competently setup a national firewall. Especially not a Liberal one.
suifbwish 6y ago
Who exactly would this firewall be protecting? Bitbucket, Jira and other competing Australian tech products would be dumped by anyone Australia firewalls off and there would be a dozen Silicon Valley startups to take their place over night.
- dheera 6y ago
  Presumably they only need to filter out selective websites from being displayed inside Australia and not prevent Australian products from working outside of Australia.
dash2 6y ago
"we're basically a cryptotheocracy with the head of the Anglican Church as our head of state." I sense a teensy bit of exaggeration in this remark. Democratically elected politicians drafted this legislation, not the Queen.

jlawer 6y ago

> Australia won't dare set up national firewalls No... They will just setup a block list and make the ISPs block it. Hell they might even add a levy to the NBN to pay for it.