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4 June 2020CopyrightRory O'Neill

Australian courts hash out new site-blocking model

Australian internet service provider (ISP)  Telstra has persuaded the country’s Federal Court to modify a site-blocking injunction the ISP feared would put it at a competitive disadvantage, in a test case for Australia’s updated site-blocking regime.

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