Identification on social media

[SirRumpole]

The Federal government is proposing laws to make social media sites responsible for identifying their users who make 'defamatory' posts so those users may be sued.

How do people feel about this ?

Is it just a protection racket for politicians, or does it protect innocent and vulnerable people ?

It it enforceable ?

How would we as individuals feel about having to identify ourselves ?

How does the owner of this site feel about requiring identification of users?

As usual , a good idea in principle may turn out to be very difficult in practise.

What are the Coalition’s proposed anti-troll social media laws and who do they benefit?

The proposed bill frees media companies from responsibility but could also help the operators of community Facebook pages

www.theguardian.com

 

[moXJO]

The Federal government is proposing laws to make social media sites responsible for identifying their users who make 'defamatory' posts so those users may be sued.

How do people feel about this ?

Is it just a protection racket for politicians, or does it protect innocent and vulnerable people ?

It it enforceable ?

How would we as individuals feel about having to identify ourselves ?

How does the owner of this site feel about requiring identification of users?

As usual , a good idea in principle may turn out to be very difficult in practise.

What are the Coalition’s proposed anti-troll social media laws and who do they benefit?

The proposed bill frees media companies from responsibility but could also help the operators of community Facebook pages

www.theguardian.com

Surprisingly the left realised they are about to get screwed (think 'sleeping giants' and all the sjws doxing business).

I think it's being implemented to protect the elite from the rabble. Trying to silence people through threats. This government is the worst and Labor just falls in line.

 

[SirRumpole]

Surprisingly the left realised they are about to get screwed (think 'sleeping giants' and all the sjws doxing business).

It's a Coalition proposal.

I think it's being implemented to protect the elite from the rabble. Trying to silence people through threats. This government is the worst and Labor just falls in line.

Generally agreed.

 

[moXJO]

It's a Coalition proposal.

Generally agreed.

All I can say that this is the worst incarnation of the Liberals in a long time. Their stupidity and absolutely mindless governing is downright horrific. And that they play this card that they are somehow "protecting our rights and freedoms" is an absolute see through con.

And wtf were they thinking about when they blurted out about China. All our allies took advantage and filled the trade gap we left behind. One of the dumbest governments in history. I'll be actively working against this bunch of totalitarian dcks in the coming election.

 

[Smurf1976]

All I can say that this is the worst incarnation of the Liberals in a long time.

I'm generally avoiding politics on this forum but it has to be said.

This government is simply ineffective. They've descended into an outright shambles and are using policies such as this one to divert attention away from their own failings on far more serious matters.

I don't see the other side as at all perfect but at least they appear to actually want to do the job and as I learned long ago, you're far better off with someone who's keen but lacks a few skills than with someone who couldn't give a stuff. Skills can be learned, experience can be gained but attitude is very hard to fix.

 

[IFocus]

I'm generally avoiding politics on this forum

Cannot for the life of me understand why ? ? ? ?

 

[mullokintyre]

There is a prolific Twitter user who goes by the avatar PRGUY17.
For some years, this person has effectively been a support troll for the Victorian Government.
He praises anything and everything from the Andrews government, and is vociferously taking down any other twitter user/troll/shrill who makes adverse comments about the Andrews government.
By some legal means that i have to admit makes me scratch my head, right wing agitator, Avi Yemini fromRebelNews has managed to convince the Federal court to force twitter to provide the real identity of the PRGUY17 troll.
They have 16 days to comply with the ortder, subject of course to appeals.
This is an interesting development, and may very well set a precedent.
Its always a case of balancing the need to protect privacy and free speech versus allowing defamatory statements to be made anonymously thus not allowing the aggrieved parties to sue for defamation.
An interesting corollary to this is that in another case, this time involving Youtube's owners facebook, a supreme court judge has awarded John Barrillaro $750,00 plus costs because of the "publication" of the infantile rantings of "friendly Jordes", aka Jordan Shanks..
Jordan Shanks, has already reached settlement with Barrilaro, issuing an apology and editing but not removing the videos.
In an even more interesting aspect of this case, according to The Murdoch press

The Federal Court will now consider if both Mr Shanks and Google are in contempt of court for publishing material aimed at stopping Mr Barilaro from taking legal proceedings.

Courts have shown in the past that they take a very dim view of entities trying to stop another contestant from seeking redress (regardless of the merits that case) in the courts.
Time to to put the feet up and break out the beer and popcorn.
Mick

 

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[wayneL]

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Misinformation = information "they" don't like.

FWIW