Michael McGuire reports:
South Australia has become one of the few states in the world to restrict the internet under laws created by Attorney-General Michael Atkinson.
AdelaideNow reports the new law, which came into force on January 6, requires 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 law will affect anyone posting a comment on an election story on The Advertiser’s AdelaideNow website, as well as other news sites such as The Punch, the ABC’s The Drum and Fairfax newspapers’ National Times site.
Read more in the Courier Mail.