New Australia law threatens social media firms with fines, jail over violent content

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4. NO internet company as yet exists purely online.

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They provide services by right of access which they have contracts for through the providers and whichever Govt agency enforces broadband use. If they violate terms of use they get cut off and or fined. If they provide services for a fee they must collect that fee and that will certainly be regulated in Australia.

AFAIK the internet depends on cooperative legal and business arrangements between corporations and the state. If a company domiciled in the UK committed a violation in Crete or Argentina reciprocity would lead to enforcement. Facebook has corporate officers who must submit to legal regulation. They also likely have contracts to convey funds and services in Australia which would legally bind them.

Last time I looked no one has an internet company domiciled on the moon. They all exist in some legal environment or else they cannot do business.

I am corrected: In Australia the internet is regulated by Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA).