2019-10-19 - Australian eSafety: Banned in Australia -

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Thank you for your email.


This website has been blocked as it contains material related to the Christchurch shooting in March 2019.


The eSafety Commissioner will review the content on a weekly basis to determine whether the Christchurch material remains available. If the content relevant to the block is removed the eSafety Commissioner will advise ISPs to unblock the content.


An administrator of a website may also advise the eSafety Commissioner that they have removed the content relevant to the block. If this advice is received the eSafety Commissioner will verify that the content is no longer available and will notify ISPs to unblock the content.


All website administrators affected by the blocking direction have been consulted by the eSafety Commissioner.

Background


One of the eSafety Commissioner’s functions is to promote online safety for Australians, by protecting Australians from access or exposure to material that promotes, incites, or instructs in terrorist acts or violent crimes.


Under the subsection 581(2A) of the Telecommunications Act 1997 the eSafety Commissioner can give written directions to a carrier or a service provider in connection with performing any of her functions or exercising any of her powers.

The eSafety Commissioner is satisfied that the Christchurch material is material that promotes, incites or instructs in, terrorist acts or violent crimes, from which Australians should be protected from access or exposure to.

Accordingly, on 6 September 2019 the eSafety Commissioner gave the Telecommunications (Protecting Australians from Terrorist or Violent Criminal Material) Direction (No. 1) 2019 (the Direction).

The Direction which came into effect on 10 September 2019 directs relevant service providers to block access to websites from which the eSafety Commissioner is aware Christchurch material is accessible.

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[mr.moon1488]

Jesus, they're still salty about this shit?

 

[mindlessobserver]

Finally, the Australian government has stepped in to make the internet safe from Australians.

 

[The Last Stand]

Congrats on being banned in Australia! Try China next.

 

[Suburban Bastard]

No guns, no violent video games, no internet freedom. Australia is a sad, sad pit of depression.

 

[Mafoxy[マフォクシー]]

I always those filthy Aussies were Commies by heart.

 

[Cool kitties club]

The Aussie fears the kiwi

 

[Gaylord Brachiosaurus]

On a weekly basis? That basically means some poor Aussie cop is a kiwi now.

 

[DawnDusk]

Keep @Valiant and all other Kiwis being affected by this pathetic censorship in your prayers.

 

[Spatula]

When are they banning Facebook?
That's where the shooter was streaming right?

 

[Hal]

Ah the cuck continent its self

 

[YooA]

The eSafety Commissioner is satisfied that the Christchurch material is material that promotes, incites or instructs in, terrorist acts or violent crimes, from which Australians should be protected from access or exposure to.

This is the "think of the children" argument expanded to include everyone in the country.

 

[Plasmapheresis]

I like how it took them this long to decide to ban us

 

[beautiful person]

Of all the snuff videos floating around the internet, why is this one's availability so much more egregious to these people?

The old rule of the internet was that once shit was out there, you could never take it back.

 

[Distant Stare]

Political descent does not serve to maximize the GDP, the life blood of the industrial system. Thus the industrial system will serve to minimize political descent.

 

[Jaded Optimist]

Australia is the dumping ground of the commonwealth. The shitiest of the shit

God save the queen.

 

[mr.moon1488]

I like how it took them this long to decide to ban us

The only reason I can think of as to why they would have waited so long, is that they didn't want to pour more fuel on the fire.

 

[The Pink Panther]

6 continents to go, Null....

Calling Africa next....

 

[mindlessobserver]

This is the "think of the children" argument expanded to include everyone in the country.

Clearly everyone in australia is a child in need of supervision.

 

[Vorhtbame]

The eSafety Commissioner is satisfied that the Christchurch material is material that promotes, incites or instructs in, terrorist acts or violent crimes, from which Australians should be protected from access or exposure to.

Whoa whoa whoa, hold up here. "Promotes, incites, or instructs in"? Did I miss another meeting or something? If so, it sounds like it would have been rad to attend.