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Are there provisions to prevent it being used to locate government critics?
by hyperpallium2 5y ago
Are there provisions to prevent it being used to locate government critics?
- akersten 5y agoNot only are there not provisions to prevent that, it's the implicit purpose of the law!
- PickledHotdog 5y agoOn the contrary: "If it’s in the public interest, the Commonwealth Government can intervene in these cases on the side of the defamed person against the social media company. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the government would proactively search for such cases to intervene in." Taken from: https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/new-australian-laws-to-unmask-anonymous-online-trolls-and-make-tech-giants-pay-20211128-p59csb.html https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/new-australian-la...