[dhsysusbsjsi]

They tried a variant of this in Australia for a short period of time before realising IP blocking accidentally takes down thousands of legitimate businesses on shared hosting.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-17/concern-over-asic-int...

They didn’t repeal the law but instead worked out better ways of using the existing powers after a review.

https://www.infrastructure.gov.au/sites/default/files/austra...

[bigfatkitten]

It was inevitable. I’ve learned over the last few decades that people who actually understand how the Internet works don’t exist in huge numbers in Canberra. Especially not at places like ASIC, which for U.S. readers is the equivalent of the SEC.