• DarkCloud@lemmy.world
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    22 hours ago

    Hmmm… You know what, I don’t actually know the technical means by which a government blocks something.

    Do they have to contact the Internet Asigned Numbers Authority or something? Or is it done via contacting the major ISPs? Or some Australian exit point?

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      22 hours ago

      No idea, I was surprised that they were able to get social media to comply with their censoring the young from information bs, since Australia is such a small market.

      “Livestreaming US execution would breach prohibition of torture, UN rights office warns” https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/10/1168565

      Every nation should be doing whatever they can to block access to this, and should also be opposing the usa’s choice to be even sicker f*cks than they normally are.

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        21 hours ago

        The Social Media ban was apparently funded by Murdoch, because social media sites aggregate news and steal clicks from him, and so he wants to limit their reach.

        That plus I imagine we’re a signatory to international courts, so could technically sue Facebook and what not. That plus Murdoch funding = massive change.

        …and Murdoch went easy on Labor come election time in exchange. So it was feasible for all involved. Unfortunately.