The document discusses proposed media regulation and its potential impact on blogging sites. It notes that blogs qualifying as media outlets under the regulations could be required to publish apologies, corrections, or retractions or afford people right-to-reply if ordered by an oversight body. Failure to comply could result in court-ordered action. It also provides context on what defines a blog and their prevalence on the internet.

1. “You’ll never silence the voice of the voiceless.”

2. NEW POST:
You’ll Never Silence The Blog
The Impact of Media Regulation on Blogging Sites
Author: @Toby_Jenkins (CEO, @Bluewire_Media)

4. Who has a blog?

5. Who Qualifies?
• 15,000+ hits per year (s11.67)
• “…more than a tenuous connection with
Australia…” (s11.69)

6. What might happen?
• [The oversight body] will have power to
require a news media outlet to publish an
apology, correction or retraction, or afford a
person a right to reply.
• Failure to comply could result in an application
by the complainant for a court order
“compelling compliance”.

7. “A blog is a discussion or information site
published on the WWW consisting of discrete
entries (“posts”) typically displayed in reverse
chronological order so the most relevant post
appears first.”

8. “As of 16 February 2011, there were over
156 million public blogs in existence.”

22. “You’ll never silence the voice of the voiceless.”

33. http://www.bluewiremedia.com.au/
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