So I was in a thing yesterday with a very senior government relations person from one of the top 3 clouds. And they'd been advised the legislation had very vague wording, meant that they and all cloud services had potential liability.
At least one other major cloud's lobbyists had the same advice. Both tried to alert the government to the fact they'd cast the net far wider than anticipated. So some hurried back-channel efforts were made to change the wording of the legislation to be more specific about social media. Those changes weren't made and this government relations pro was flabbergasted at the haste and lack of consultation. He said it just makes it easier for people to fling FUD at the whole local industry. On Thu, Apr 4, 2019 at 10:47 AM Narelle Clark <narel...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Just to clarify - it was introduced to the Senate and approved last night. > It will hit the House of Reps today. > > And the PJCIS hasn't even seen it. > > This is flawed in so many ways, and it will affect our industry massively. > > Why should anyone build a content related business here? How do we protect > staff and customers from malicious posting in order to invoke this > legislation? > > Narelle > > On Thu, 4 Apr. 2019, 10:43 am Narelle Clark, <narel...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> Parliament has just rushed through more impractical legislation to jail >> executives of content providers (that would be all of us) if vile content >> is not removed "expeditiously". >> >> Here is some reaction to it... >> >> Overview: >> https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2019-04-04/facebook-youtube-social-media-laws-rushed-and-flawed-critics-say/10965812 >> >> Law Council: >> https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/am/start-ups-concerned-about-new-social-media-laws/10969282 >> >> >> Scott Farquar: >> https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/breakfast/rushed-social-media-legislation-is-seriously-flawed/10969482 >> >> >> Narelle >> > _______________________________________________ > AusNOG mailing list > AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net > http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog > -- Simon Sharwood | JargonMaster Corporate Communications | M +61 (0)414 37 37 26 | E si...@jargonmaster.com | W www.jargonmaster.com 24 North Street Marrickville NSW 2204 AUSTRALIA ABN: 14743763968 Work blog: jargonmaster.wordpress.com Free/Busy details: http://www.jargonmaster.com/calendar/ I'm a member of DHBC.org.au and a vExpert
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