| ▲ | jeremycarter a day ago |
| What if the platform is not registered as a business in Australia? You can't fine it if it's not a legal entity there. Simply setup a php Facebook clone and host it in another country. |
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| ▲ | ChrisRR a day ago | parent | next [-] |
| "Simply" If you're making money from aussie customers, you need to comply to aussie rules |
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| ▲ | rmah a day ago | parent [-] | | How will the Australian government compel such companies to comply? | | |
| ▲ | xp84 a day ago | parent | next [-] | | Just by blocking the network traffic. Plenty of countries do this with sites they don’t like for various reasons. Yes VPNs blah blah. But it will be pretty hard to operate some rogue social site when you can’t sell any respectable ads besides maybe porn sites and malware, and are only accessible via VPN. Pretty high barrier to adoption for a brand new site. | |
| ▲ | ndriscoll a day ago | parent | prev [-] | | By freezing bank transfers/disallowing any Australian companies (read: advertisers) from doing business with them? Depending on treaties, possibly by seizing assets in the company's home country? |
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| ▲ | jmyeet a day ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Facebook does business in Australia. They sell ads. |
