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"My ISP contacted me on Wednesday afternoon to let me know that the federal opposition party's lawyers were demanding my personal details. Despite this being a
by throwaway_yy2Di 13y ago
"My ISP contacted me on Wednesday afternoon to let me know
that the federal opposition party's lawyers were demanding my personal details. Despite this being a personal project not paid for or endorsed by anyone, I gave them permission to hand over my name, address, and phone number so that the site could stay up."
Is political speech regulated in Australia? If you have an influential website like this, are you required to register publicly to prove compliance with, e.g. campaign spending limits?
I read there's a blackout on political ads, but it doesn't apply to web ads:
http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2013/09/04/no-media-blackout-web http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2013/09/04/no-media-black...
- jacques_chester 13y agoYou are required to give the name and location of the person authorising political comment. The blogs I host, for example, place authorisation on their lead authors. eg: http://larvatusprodeo.net/about-larvatus-prodeo/electoral-comment/ http://larvatusprodeo.net/about-larvatus-prodeo/electoral-co...