From Australia's perspective, it is about controlling the dissemination of news online. And while some of the media outlets in Australia may be foreign, I am su

From Australia's perspective, it is about controlling the dissemination of news online. And while some of the media outlets in Australia may be foreign, I am sure they also come under various Australian laws. I see such laws on online companies as a precursor to the set up of an online regulator. It is inevitable with the range of laws cropping up that deal with online companies and issues related to them. Corporates always avoid regulation till their influence on the government diminishes - then they themselves demand it for a more balanced and competitive environment. Once foreign corporates starts to feel that such laws are more and more one-sided and against their interest, they themselves will begin lobbying that a regulator be set up for their industry to hear their side and draft better and more balanced laws.