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> eSafety “will continue to use its suite of powers under the Online Safety Act to protect Australians from serious online harms, including extreme violent cont
by mytailorisrich 3y ago
> eSafety “will continue to use its suite of powers under the Online Safety Act to protect Australians from serious online harms, including extreme violent content”
So in this case that's the Australian's Online Safety Act.
The legal basis is easy. The issue is obviously enforcement, so realistically this only works for countries powerful enough to put enough pressure on the target company.
- adastra22 3y agoAustralian law and courts has no jurisdiction over what happens in American or European data centers, so long as those bits never deliver to Australia.
- mytailorisrich 3y agoAustralian law and courts have jurisdiction over whatever Australian law says they have. Again, the issue is enforcement.
- adastra22 3y agoThats not how sovereignty works.
- mytailorisrich 3y agoThat's how the law and jurisdiction work. Jurisdiction is defined by law. Sovereignty is what complicates enforcement.