High Court ruling on Facebook comments a high risk for publishers; high time for reform
n its recent ruling the High Court decreed that commercial publishers have responsibility for comments made on their Facebook pages. In the absence of a 21st century legal framework covering this newfangled thing called the Internet, the Court’s reasoning for...
The Other 9/11: secrecy fight over Australian spies helping CIA overthrow Chile’s President
On the eve of it’s 48th anniversary, documents just declassified by the Australian National Archives show the extent to which the Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS) worked closely with the CIA in the lead-up to the Coup-d’état in Chile in...Small Acts of Defiance
author: Michelle Wright name: Kim average rating: 3.75 book published: rating: 5 read at: 2021/09/08 date added: 2021/09/08 shelves:... Pandemic paranoia – the penal colony strikes back at those pesky Australians who left
Ever since the pandemic started, Australia has restricted the ability of its citizens to travel overseas in ways few other countries outside of North Korea have done. It is now using the biosecurity laws to also deter those who live overseas from coming back. On...The Last of the Apple Blossom
author: Mary-Lou Stephens name: Kim average rating: 4.70 book published: rating: 5 read at: 2021/08/07 date added: 2021/08/07 shelves: review: Just a wonderful read – highly recommendedHuon Valley, the apple orchards and the bushfires of 1967 is the starting...
ASIC charging 130% late fees to small business. What’s the scam?
ASIC – the Australian Securities and Investment Commission – manages the register of businesses as part of its remit. If you have a company it will charge you $267* per annum for the privilege. But whatever you do, don’t pay that bill late! Miss the...Where My Heart Used to Beat
author: Sebastian Faulks name: Kim average rating: 3.89 book published: 2015 rating: 3 read at: 2021/08/02 date added: 2021/08/02 shelves: review: Not at his best, but still a good readIt would be almost impossible to follow up ‘Birdsong’, one of the most moving,... Google dodges regulation, hits advertisers with “regulatory” charges: What’s the Scam?
Google’s parent Alphabet is making record profits, $US18.5b in the last quarter alone, almost 30% of revenue. But it is not enough, Google feels so aggrieved by the mostly non-existing “digital services regulations”, it is charging advertisers more;...American by Day (Sigrid Ødegård #2)
author: Derek B. Miller name: Kim average rating: 4.28 book published: 2018 rating: 4 read at: 2021/07/23 date added: 2021/07/23 shelves:...A favourite quote
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