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> Australia will probably be the first "western" country to block Tor. The Australian way would be to "ban" tor without any particular concern for enforceabili

> Australia will probably be the first "western" country to block Tor. The Australian way would be to "ban" tor without any particular concern for enforceability or technical feasibility. Any actual blocking would be pushed onto industry somehow, which would then proceed to half-ass it, doing the absolute minimum possible to demonstrate they are complying with regulation. I like Australia a lot, but a lot of the time it feels like political priority is to "make it look like something is being done". No one would actually care if the blocking worked or not unless the media made a big song and dance about it. I also wonder how much of this ban is about "punishing" X and Meta in particular - Meta for it's refusal to pay for news and X because they didn't jump to immediately remove stuff the government wanted taken down. > What even counts as social media? Anything the government needs more leverage over or wants to shake down for money.

squigz 2y ago
> The Australian way would be to "ban" tor without any particular concern for enforceability or technical feasibility. Any actual blocking would be pushed onto industry somehow, which would then proceed to half-ass it, doing the absolute minimum possible to demonstrate they are complying with regulation. Just because it wouldn't be well-implemented doesn't mean it's nothing to worry about, not to mention that such things are almost always just 1 step on a path of many.
threeseed 2y ago
> X because they didn't jump to immediately remove stuff the government wanted taken down Yes they did. X has always capitulated to the whims of governments.
- immibis 2y ago
  Except that one time Elon Musk strongly disagreed with a government who wanted him to take down some Nazi stuff and got his app blocked in a whole country. When it's about taking down left wing stuff he just complies.

squigz 2y ago

> The Australian way would be to "ban" tor without any particular concern for enforceability or technical feasibility. Any actual blocking would be pushed onto industry somehow, which would then proceed to half-ass it, doing the absolute minimum possible to demonstrate they are complying with regulation. Just because it wouldn't be well-implemented doesn't mean it's nothing to worry about, not to mention that such things are almost always just 1 step on a path of many.

threeseed 2y ago

> X because they didn't jump to immediately remove stuff the government wanted taken down Yes they did. X has always capitulated to the whims of governments.

immibis 2y ago
Except that one time Elon Musk strongly disagreed with a government who wanted him to take down some Nazi stuff and got his app blocked in a whole country. When it's about taking down left wing stuff he just complies.