[LINK] ISP-level site-blocking of 'dangerous material'

[JLWhitaker]

On 26/08/2019 8:55 AM, Roger Clarke wrote:
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> The shadow assistant minister for communications and cybersecurity, 
> Labor MP Tim Watts, characterised the blocking announcement as 
> measures aimed only at curbing "live streaming" of crisis events.
>
> He suggested a deeper level of action was required to target the root 
> cause of extremism online.

And here comes Labor with their even greater desire for intrusion 
(Australia Card was whose now?)

>
> "What’s the government doing to address the Christchurch Call’s 
> commitment to tackle social media algorithms that drive marginalised 
> people to violent extremist narratives?" he tweeted. 

Whose algorithms might those be? Is he really suggesting that the major 
platforms who control the algorithms are actually doing this??? Is there 
any proof what he says is actually happening? Or it is just that 
preponderance of search activity is building up so that matches are 
resulting in that "drive"?

Jan

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