Re: [AusNOG] More legislative interventions

2019-04-10 Thread Scott Wilson
Yeah even if you only reviewed "flagged" videos it'd be a gargantuan task. On Thu, 11 Apr 2019 at 08:55, Jake Anderson wrote: > Just for reference youtube would need 18000 humans in seats watching > youtube 24/7 to have human screening of youtube. > Say around 72,000 employees give or take.

Re: [AusNOG] More legislative interventions

2019-04-10 Thread Jake Anderson
Just for reference youtube would need 18000 humans in seats watching youtube 24/7 to have human screening of youtube. Say around 72,000 employees give or take. If my maths is right (and it could well be out by an order of magnitude) that's is a nice round billion dollars in wages cost at US

Re: [AusNOG] More legislative interventions

2019-04-10 Thread I
Here's an honest Government ad on the anti-encryption law  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eW-OMR-iWOE ___ AusNOG mailing list AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog

Re: [AusNOG] More legislative interventions

2019-04-10 Thread Mark Newton
“Tech companies” already employ human screening. That’s why the Christchurch response that the politicians are all panicking about worked so well. For all their faults, I think Facebook’s response to the livestreaming was superb. According to press accounts a couple of weeks ago, they took it

Re: [AusNOG] More legislative interventions

2019-04-10 Thread Mark Newton
On 9 Apr 2019, at 2:22 PM, Paul Wilkins wrote: > 2 - Ensure you have in place a mechanism to match electronic fingerprints of > material similar to anything identified in a eSafety Commissioner's notice. Paul, no, you’re really going to have to explain how that’s supposed to work if you’re

Re: [AusNOG] More legislative interventions

2019-04-09 Thread andy
providers with the infrastructure for implementation…unlikely given that it’s ostensibly broke… Andy From: AusNOG On Behalf Of Paul Wilkins Sent: Wednesday, 10 April 2019 12:00 PM To: ausnog@lists.ausnog.net Subject: Re: [AusNOG] More legislative interventions 1 - Remove specified

Re: [AusNOG] More legislative interventions

2019-04-09 Thread Paul Wilkins
They have based their PROJECTIONS of a surplus on the volatile commodities > market… > > > > What could possibly go wrong? > > > > Andy > > > > > > > > > > *From:* AusNOG *On Behalf Of *Paul > Wilkins > *Sent:* Wednesday

Re: [AusNOG] More legislative interventions

2019-04-09 Thread Paul Wilkins
1 - Remove specified file based content and similar copies - doable, and reckless if not actioned by hosting providers. 2 - Proactively remove unspecified content of abhorrent violent nature - difficult, not reliable, and moot whether required under the legislation for hosting providers. Arguably

Re: [AusNOG] More legislative interventions

2019-04-09 Thread Scott Wilson
I feel like legislation will compel tech companies to implement human screening in some capacity, and there will be huge downsides to that - I mean, which is more likely: a) screening team members are offered abundant mental health support resources, given follow-through on reporting (that video

Re: [AusNOG] More legislative interventions

2019-04-09 Thread Karl Auer
On Wed, 2019-04-10 at 10:56 +1000, Paul Wilkins wrote: > Now I would say that for instance, if the eSecurity Director posts > the CRC of a file as being "abhorrent violent" content, and your > company doesn't expeditiously take down that material, expect > problems down the pike. Numerous people

Re: [AusNOG] More legislative interventions

2019-04-09 Thread Matt Palmer
On Wed, Apr 10, 2019 at 10:56:12AM +1000, Paul Wilkins wrote: > Now I would say that for instance, if the eSecurity Director posts the CRC > of a file as being "abhorrent violent" content, and your company doesn't > expeditiously take down that material, expect problems down the pike. I > doubt a

Re: [AusNOG] More legislative interventions

2019-04-09 Thread Paul Wilkins
truggles with static >> > images... >> > How is a provider supposed to monitor video in real time? >> > >> > An interesting Open NSFW talk here - >> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02Bmt7tksvM >> > >> > Andy >> > >> > >>

Re: [AusNOG] More legislative interventions

2019-04-09 Thread Bruce Forster
me? > > > > An interesting Open NSFW talk here - > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02Bmt7tksvM > > > > Andy > > > > > > > > > > -Original Message- > > From: AusNOG On Behalf Of Peter Fern > > Sent: Tuesday, 9 Ap

Re: [AusNOG] More legislative interventions

2019-04-09 Thread Nick Stallman
On Behalf Of Peter Fern Sent: Tuesday, 9 April 2019 2:30 PM To: ausnog@lists.ausnog.net Subject: Re: [AusNOG] More legislative interventions On 9/4/19 2:22 pm, Paul Wilkins wrote: 2 - Ensure you have in place a mechanism to match electronic fingerprints of material similar to anything identified in a

Re: [AusNOG] More legislative interventions

2019-04-09 Thread andy
r video in real time? An interesting Open NSFW talk here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02Bmt7tksvM Andy -Original Message- From: AusNOG On Behalf Of Peter Fern Sent: Tuesday, 9 April 2019 2:30 PM To: ausnog@lists.ausnog.net Subject: Re: [AusNOG] More legislative interventions On

Re: [AusNOG] More legislative interventions

2019-04-08 Thread Peter Fern
On 9/4/19 2:22 pm, Paul Wilkins wrote: 2 - Ensure you have in place a mechanism to match electronic fingerprints of material similar to anything identified in a eSafety Commissioner's notice. By the by, without a mechanism for the eSafety Commissioner to match content (a common mechanism for

Re: [AusNOG] More legislative interventions

2019-04-08 Thread Paul Wilkins
So best advice I could make specific to hosting providers (not social media companies) would be, to comply with the legislation: 1 - Update EUAs with a clause that abhorrent violent content breaches the service agreement. 2 - Ensure you have in place a mechanism to match electronic fingerprints

Re: [AusNOG] More legislative interventions

2019-04-08 Thread Paul Wilkins
I'm not sure that the legislation creates a duty to proactively remove abhorrent violent content. It imposes a condition of "recklessness". Is it reckless to wait for the eSafety Commissioner to issue a written notice before addressing the issue? It's arguable that it's not. If the eSafety

Re: [AusNOG] More legislative interventions

2019-04-08 Thread Narelle Clark
There are good third party clearing houses for some of this stuff. Whether it's cost effective or appropriate for the average Australian ISP in this context. We'll find out I suppose. The Internet Watch Foundation is what we use for .org monitoring and validation. You really don't want your own

Re: [AusNOG] More legislative interventions

2019-04-08 Thread Scott Weeks
*474.32 Abhorrent violent conduct* (1) For the purposes of this Subdivision, a person engages in abhorrent violent conduct if the person: (a) engages in a terrorist act ; or (b) murders another person; or (c) attempts to murder another

Re: [AusNOG] More legislative interventions

2019-04-07 Thread Peter Fern
On 8/4/19 11:55 am, Paul Wilkins wrote: There should be little cost to service providers in implementing take down notices. Video can now easily be fingerprinted, and repeat postings autoflagged for moderator take down. This is wildly inaccurate, as evidenced by YouTube's Content ID (at an

Re: [AusNOG] More legislative interventions

2019-04-07 Thread Paul Wilkins
*474.32 Abhorrent violent conduct* (1) For the purposes of this Subdivision, a person engages in abhorrent violent conduct if the person: (a) engages in a terrorist act ; or (b) murders another person; or (c) attempts to murder another person; or (d) tortures another person; or (e) rapes another

Re: [AusNOG] More legislative interventions

2019-04-07 Thread Karl Auer
On Mon, 2019-04-08 at 11:55 +1000, Paul Wilkins wrote: > There should be little cost to service providers in implementing take > down notices. Video can now easily be fingerprinted, and repeat > postings autoflagged for moderator take down. Video fingerprints can be avoided by transcoding video,

Re: [AusNOG] More legislative interventions

2019-04-07 Thread Paul Wilkins
In addition to previous comments, the kind of material that may become subject to a take down notice, is of such a disturbing character that this content should already be subject to the fiduciary duties of service providers, ensuring warnings to those who would find the content disturbing, and

Re: [AusNOG] More legislative interventions

2019-04-07 Thread Chad Kelly
On 4/7/2019 12:00 PM, ausnog-requ...@lists.ausnog.net wrote: > They don't. This legislation is grandstanding, using the Christchurch > tragedy to > bolster the Coalition's flagging reputation ahead of the Federal election, > and isn't intended to actually*work*. Not that that'll mean it'll get

Re: [AusNOG] More legislative interventions

2019-04-06 Thread Matt Palmer
On Sat, Apr 06, 2019 at 06:03:12AM +, Chad Kelly wrote: > On 4/6/2019 12:00 PM, Mark Newton wrote: > > This passed the Senate after 90 seconds of debate without the bill > > itself being made available to MPs last night. > > > > It passed the House today after about four minutes of debate with

Re: [AusNOG] More legislative interventions

2019-04-06 Thread Chad Kelly
On 4/6/2019 12:00 PM, ausnog-requ...@lists.ausnog.net wrote: > This passed the Senate after 90 seconds of debate without the bill itself > being made available to MPs last night. > > It passed the House today after about four minutes of debate with no > crossbenchers being allowed to speak. > >

Re: [AusNOG] More legislative interventions

2019-04-05 Thread andy
not a valid protest make… How about growing a set and standing up to this stupidity? A From: AusNOG On Behalf Of Mark Newton Sent: Thursday, 4 April 2019 4:35 PM To: Serge Burjak Cc: aus...@ausnog.net Subject: Re: [AusNOG] More legislative interventions This passed the Senate after 90 seconds

Re: [AusNOG] More legislative interventions

2019-04-04 Thread greg
Australian regulation seems to have come a long way since this research paper (Can the Internet be regulated? ) funnily enough located in the APH archives.. https://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_Departments/Parliamentary_Library/pubs/rp/RP9596/96rp35 Regards all. Greg On

Re: [AusNOG] More legislative interventions

2019-04-04 Thread Mark Newton
This passed the Senate after 90 seconds of debate without the bill itself being made available to MPs last night. It passed the House today after about four minutes of debate with no crossbenchers being allowed to speak. It’ll receive royal assent and become law, probably tomorrow. But sure,

Re: [AusNOG] More legislative interventions

2019-04-04 Thread Scott Weeks
Top posting only... I saved the original email to respond to, but this covers everything I wanted to write, so x=i++ scott --- ka...@biplane.com.au wrote: From: Karl Auer To: "aus...@ausnog.net" Subject: Re: [AusNOG] More legislative interventions Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2019 23:1

Re: [AusNOG] More legislative interventions

2019-04-04 Thread Karl Auer
On Thu, 2019-04-04 at 09:36 +, Bevan Slattery wrote: > The road to hell is paved with good intentions... Indeed. Paul Wilkins: > There is much on the internet that is simply not fit for human > consumption, and the state ought to have the power to remove it. > Where the bill specifies

Re: [AusNOG] More legislative interventions

2019-04-04 Thread Bevan Slattery
The road to hell is paved with good intentions... From: AusNOG on behalf of Paul Wilkins Sent: Thursday, April 4, 2019 4:48 pm To: aus...@ausnog.net Subject: Re: [AusNOG] More legislative interventions I've skimmed the bill, and without apologies, I support

Re: [AusNOG] More legislative interventions

2019-04-04 Thread Paul Wilkins
I've skimmed the bill, and without apologies, I support the intent, for the following reasons: There is much on the internet that is simply not fit for human consumption, and the state ought to have the power to remove it. Where the bill specifies abhorrent violent content, I think most sane

Re: [AusNOG] More legislative interventions

2019-04-03 Thread Serge Burjak
Very scary section (4) The eSafety Commissioner is not required to observe any requirements of procedural fairness in relation to the issue of a 3 notice under subsection (1). On Thu, 4 Apr 2019 at 11:22, Paul Wilkins wrote: > >

Re: [AusNOG] More legislative interventions

2019-04-03 Thread Paul Wilkins
https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/download/legislation/bills/s1201_first-senate/toc_pdf/1908121.pdf;fileType=application%2Fpdf On Thu, 4 Apr 2019 at 10:57, Simon Sharwood wrote: > So I was in a thing yesterday with a very senior government relations > person from one of the top 3 clouds. And

Re: [AusNOG] More legislative interventions

2019-04-03 Thread Simon Sharwood
So I was in a thing yesterday with a very senior government relations person from one of the top 3 clouds. And they'd been advised the legislation had very vague wording, meant that they and all cloud services had potential liability. At least one other major cloud's lobbyists had the same

Re: [AusNOG] More legislative interventions

2019-04-03 Thread Narelle Clark
Just to clarify - it was introduced to the Senate and approved last night. It will hit the House of Reps today. And the PJCIS hasn't even seen it. This is flawed in so many ways, and it will affect our industry massively. Why should anyone build a content related business here? How do we

[AusNOG] More legislative interventions

2019-04-03 Thread Narelle Clark
Parliament has just rushed through more impractical legislation to jail executives of content providers (that would be all of us) if vile content is not removed "expeditiously". Here is some reaction to it... Overview: