Australian ISPs ordered by government to block eight sites hosting violent content
Directly following the terror attacks in Christchurch earlier in 2019, the Australian Government introduced “The Sharing of Abhorrent Violent Material” bill, which included hastily crafted legislation to penalise offending websites and social media platforms that failed to take down abhorrent violent material within a “reasonable” timeframe. Since then, Australian Internet Service Providers (ISPs) have diligently …