The Blog Strikes Back

Show

Morning Magazine,

Presenter

Meri Fatin

Published

Thursday 4th February

If you’ve ever wondered about the influence of online comment, here’s an insight.

New laws that were introduced in South Australia from January 6 this year were reported exclusively by the Adelaide Advertiser.

The new law required internet bloggers, and anyone making a comment on next month’s State election, to publish their real name and postcode when commenting on the poll.

The response from readers online – literally thousands of comments, not only blew the comment system but caused an embarrassing backdown for the Attorney General Michael Atkinson.

Meri Fatin asked Doctor Tama Leaver from the Department of Internet Studies at Curtin University for his thoughts…