Archive for May, 2026
BSA PS
Thursday, May 7th, 2026Just a reminder of what’s at stake here. As I wrote earlier this year: If The Platform and any other internet-based TV or radio platform are not subject to the Broadcasting Act, then they are not subject to broadcasting standards, and could do the following things: These are all based on real cases. In most […]
BSA to go
Wednesday, May 6th, 2026So the government has decided to abolish the BSA. Various people are crowing about it. They are pointing to the BSA’s decision to hear a complaint against internet broadcaster The Platform. ACT says this was an attempt to “police the internet… to stretch a law written for rabbit-ear TVs over podcasts and livestreams”. It’s hard […]