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Comment: Australia's online violent content law unlikely to go viral anytime soon

By Laurel Henning ( July 16, 2019, 07:05 GMT | Comment) -- Australian laws to stop the streaming and spreading of “abhorrent violent material” via online platforms caught the attention of global leaders at a recent meeting of the world’s top 20 economies. But welcoming the policies of a country in the bottom half of the G20 membership and replicating them at a national level are two very different things. Until Australia’s laws have been tested, other jurisdictions are likely to remain cautious about adopting similar measures.Anyone reading statements coming out of the meeting of the world’s top 20 economies in Japan last month would have been forgiven for thinking Australia had gained a new level of influence in the group. ...

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