Media bosses and internet industry groups have called on the government to urgently press the pause button on controversial metadata legislation, warning that the bill will irrevocably harm freedom of speech and privacy.The head of the Internet Society of Australia, a non-profit group dedicated to the development of the internet, said the measures remove the right to protect anonymous sources.
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Australian data law ‘threat to privacy, sources’
Media bosses and internet industry groups have called on the government to urgently press the pause button on controversial metadata legislation, warning that the bill will irrevocably harm freedom of speech and privacy.