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?
(Score: 2) by janrinok on Wednesday April 17 2019, @02:19PM (2 children)
By all means raise the issue again if you feel it is now necessary or even desirable, but with our limited staff the software updates will not be possible for several months or more.
It is your choice that you cannot stand as an editor - sign up and you can. We do not allow ACs to control what people can read and what they cannot, just as they cannot moderate. It is your decision.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 18 2019, @07:20AM (1 child)
It is the availability of spare time to dedicate to it, even more the lack of predictability that stops me offering support as an editor.
(Score: 2) by janrinok on Thursday April 18 2019, @07:29AM