Unbelievable that there is no detailed Bill of Rights analysis but then again, it doesn’t fit the purpose hence the decision to ignore it.
There seems to be two eco-systems of communication that are emerging: Elon Musk’s twitter, Rumble and Substack (amongst others) on the one hand, and on the other hand, established media who are either government funded or closely aligned to their government. Quite a fascinating duel.
It is somewhat amusing that the DIA suggest that the current model is not fit for purpose and propose an Uber-Regulator. In fact the constant model for content regulation and control has been a form of Uber-Regulator going back to the 1407 Constitutions of Oxford. The target of regulation were unauthorised religious texts - especially Wycliffe's Bible in English. The Uber-Regulator - you've guessed it - the Church.
The model set up in 1407 has remained. Even the office of the Censor under the Filmes Videos and Publications Classification Act has echoes of the 1407 model
I will be dealing with all of this in (nauseating) detail in my upcoming series on Print Regulation - stay tuned.
Hmm...I'd like you to expand on the ever increasing need and use of the word safety! This doesn't surprise me as it was flagged as an option in briefings to Minister Tinetti in 2020 i found in an OIA.
Netsafe would often report content that fell into mis/disinfo buckets during covid, usually being alerted to it by other players in the government space who didn't want to be seen as the 'internet police' (their words) - but were happy to pass it on to Netsafe to action. But it often didn't mean Facebook say would take it down. It didn't meet the threshold for them to do so and Netsafe et al were clearly frustrated at that at times - a regulator means they never have to rely on the platform's own policies?
I will be doing an in depth study of the 90 page discussion document and I have no doubt that the highly subjective word “safety” will require examination and be the subject of commentary. Frankly I loathe the word because it has so many context based meanings. I have walked some pretty dodgy streets in some rough towns but have not felt “unsafe”. Nervous, yes. Heightened situational awareness definitely. Got through each time without a worry.
Welcome aboard. There will be a short acerbic post tomorrow demonstrating that the DIA knows no history. Their “new” regulator for digital content in fact has a 600 year old pedigree.
Unbelievable that there is no detailed Bill of Rights analysis but then again, it doesn’t fit the purpose hence the decision to ignore it.
There seems to be two eco-systems of communication that are emerging: Elon Musk’s twitter, Rumble and Substack (amongst others) on the one hand, and on the other hand, established media who are either government funded or closely aligned to their government. Quite a fascinating duel.
It is somewhat amusing that the DIA suggest that the current model is not fit for purpose and propose an Uber-Regulator. In fact the constant model for content regulation and control has been a form of Uber-Regulator going back to the 1407 Constitutions of Oxford. The target of regulation were unauthorised religious texts - especially Wycliffe's Bible in English. The Uber-Regulator - you've guessed it - the Church.
The model set up in 1407 has remained. Even the office of the Censor under the Filmes Videos and Publications Classification Act has echoes of the 1407 model
I will be dealing with all of this in (nauseating) detail in my upcoming series on Print Regulation - stay tuned.
Excellent. Looking forward to it.
Hmm...I'd like you to expand on the ever increasing need and use of the word safety! This doesn't surprise me as it was flagged as an option in briefings to Minister Tinetti in 2020 i found in an OIA.
Netsafe would often report content that fell into mis/disinfo buckets during covid, usually being alerted to it by other players in the government space who didn't want to be seen as the 'internet police' (their words) - but were happy to pass it on to Netsafe to action. But it often didn't mean Facebook say would take it down. It didn't meet the threshold for them to do so and Netsafe et al were clearly frustrated at that at times - a regulator means they never have to rely on the platform's own policies?
I will be doing an in depth study of the 90 page discussion document and I have no doubt that the highly subjective word “safety” will require examination and be the subject of commentary. Frankly I loathe the word because it has so many context based meanings. I have walked some pretty dodgy streets in some rough towns but have not felt “unsafe”. Nervous, yes. Heightened situational awareness definitely. Got through each time without a worry.
Cranmer sent me...good article...this is concerning.
You should sign up. More where that came from
Done 👍 Looking forward to more...
Welcome aboard. There will be a short acerbic post tomorrow demonstrating that the DIA knows no history. Their “new” regulator for digital content in fact has a 600 year old pedigree.