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posted by martyb on Wednesday April 17 2019, @05:49AM   Printer-friendly
from the waiting-until-they-try-to-legislate-"abhorent"-text dept.

Australia has rammed through another law requiring “abhorrent” video, audio or still images to be removed within an hour. This will apply to content providers both in and out of Australia as long as the content is available to Australians. Individuals and companies face jail time and/or huge fines if the content is not removed "within a reasonable time". If the content is found to be hosted in Australia then the Australian government must be alerted. This is yet another knee jerk reaction to the NZ shootings which were streamed live online.

Who is paying for someone to be awake at 3am to curate and remove this stuff?


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  • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Wednesday April 17 2019, @01:43PM (9 children)

    by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday April 17 2019, @01:43PM (#831009) Journal

    If SN received a removal demand, could it guarantee to remove content within 24 months?

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  • (Score: 2) by janrinok on Wednesday April 17 2019, @02:37PM (5 children)

    by janrinok (52) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday April 17 2019, @02:37PM (#831044) Journal

    We would probably have to press a panic button to get someone who could remove comments - it is a power only available to a few individuals who might, or might not, be quickly available. We might be able to remove content within a few hours.

    • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Wednesday April 17 2019, @04:40PM (4 children)

      by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday April 17 2019, @04:40PM (#831136) Journal

      Within 24 months it would probably be possible to develop or improve a web based interface for removing comments.

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      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 17 2019, @07:30PM (2 children)

        by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 17 2019, @07:30PM (#831262)

        Easier to just make a regex command I'd think

        /[Runaway1956\ Jmorris\ VLM\ Ethanol\-Fueled\ BOT\ Linkdude64\ crafoo]/

        there is a good start!

        • (Score: 2) by janrinok on Thursday April 18 2019, @07:54AM

          by janrinok (52) Subscriber Badge on Thursday April 18 2019, @07:54AM (#831548) Journal

          Aristarchus will be pleased to have been left out of that regex!

        • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Thursday April 18 2019, @01:35PM

          by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Thursday April 18 2019, @01:35PM (#831622) Journal

          I must object. I have a feeling of being left out somehow.

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      • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Thursday April 18 2019, @01:12PM

        by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Thursday April 18 2019, @01:12PM (#831605) Homepage Journal

        No, it wouldn't. I'd neither write nor merge a any code doing so.

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  • (Score: 2) by Oakenshield on Wednesday April 17 2019, @05:50PM (2 children)

    by Oakenshield (4900) on Wednesday April 17 2019, @05:50PM (#831180)

    If SN received a removal demand, could it guarantee to remove content within 24 months?

    Unless SN has a business presence in Australia or is hosted there, I fail to see what effect a demand would have. If it was refused, would they stamp their foot a little harder?

    • (Score: 2) by janrinok on Wednesday April 17 2019, @07:13PM (1 child)

      by janrinok (52) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday April 17 2019, @07:13PM (#831246) Journal
      We can happily ignore Australian demands, but we have to consider our response to a demand from US authorities too. However, just ignoring demands is likely to get the site blocked by those countries. Hey, we have had staff in Australia, probably still do!
      • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Thursday April 18 2019, @03:57AM

        by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Thursday April 18 2019, @03:57AM (#831497) Homepage Journal

        Thankfully, we also have a community that know what VPN stands for. Which is a good thing because if OZ sends us a nastygram, I'm going to flatly refuse, as an individual, to do a damned thing about it unless the community just wants to see how many ways I can think of to tell them to fuck off, eat a bag of dicks, etc...

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