Document type
Court Decision
Country
Successful appeal against suppression orders that would oblige internet content hosts to remove, or otherwise restrict access to, content they were not aware of. The suppression orders, made pursuant to state law, purported to prohibit the disclosure, dissemination or access to content via the internet, of material referring to a criminal trial. The New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal found the orders to be inconsistent with the safe harbors in Clause 91 of Schedule 5 the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 (Cth).
Country
Year
2012
Topic, claim, or defense
Other
Document type
Court Decision
Issuing entity
Appellate Domestic Court
Type of service provider
Host (Including Social Networks)
OSP obligation considered
Block or Remove
Type of law
Criminal
General effect on immunity
Strengthens Immunity