The goal is information and communication services that respect human agency. Open source is not the goal, the goal is building a commons of software that is free to study, inspect, and improve.” –rgegriff “Earth! Wind! Water! Eyeballs!” –U Can Beat Video Games “For those who don’t agree that we can return to pre-Salmonella normal, I ask: What should we all do? Perpetual refrigeration? Forever thoroughly cooking, avoiding restaurants with poor hygiene, etc? I explained very carefully to him who these people were, and you shouldn’t fuck around with them, like he did with his normal employees. Virtually everything has risk, and zero Salmonella is not a viable strategy.” –David Kent (for everyone playing along at home, that is sarcasm) “It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder.” –Albert Einstein “Its always ‘The Simpsons predicted the future,’ and never ‘We created ourselves a nightmare world beyond parody.'” –Unlofl “There are a thousand forces trying to get hold of people’s minds, particularly children’s minds.” –Neil Postman “I was contacted by the people who became Pixar – I knew them well, and they wanted to get out of Lucasfilm. He did a good job with them. They got fabulous. That was Steve’s best hour.” –Alan Kay “While nearly naked PCP freaks aren’t my ideal good time I’m sure some more cultured individual would find his sex positive attitude a jackpot of pleasure.” –Anonymous Nextdoor poster, on being accosted by a gentleman wearing only a thong who offered him a dose of PCP and oral sex “People forget that Mosaic and then later Netscape was simply a unified, GUI for multiple protocols.” –Joseph Matheny “A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any invention in human history, with the possible exceptions of handguns and tequila.” –Mitch Ratcliffe “If violence is never your answer, it will always be your enemy’s.” –Zone Liberation Front “But during times of war or major international crises, there’s little tolerance for anti-imperialist dissent.
4.148The Committee recommends that national regulation impose a customer duty of care on online WSPs. An online WSPs’ compliance with this legal duty should be assessed against a set of standard indicators of risk and harm. 4.150The Committee recommends that the Australian Government should investigate the benefits and feasibility of requiring online WSPs to apply a standard behavioural algorithm to reduce online gambling harm. 4.153The Committee recommends national regulation require online WSP staff to undertake research-informed training that demonstrates a sound awareness of the legal obligations and guidelines for practice in responsible service of online gambling. 4.155The Committee recommends national regulation prohibit commissions being paid to staff or any third party involved in the referral or provision of online gambling to an individual. 4.156The Committee recommends that national regulation include provisions to prevent the proceeds of crime from being used to fund online gambling. Alegal taskforce should be established as soon as practical to develop these provisions. Staff should also undertake annual refresher training. Penalties should be severe enough to be a genuine deterrent to multinational corporations breaching their legal obligations. 4.159The Committee recommends that the national regulator be provided with a broad suite of powers to monitor online gambling, ensure compliance and enforce the law. 4.161The Committee recommends that the Australian Government establish an appropriately resourced national online gambling ombudsman, to sit within the national regulator. 4.163The Committee recommends the Australian Government consult with industry and people who gamble to determine minimum bet limits for online wagering for inclusion in national regulation. Phase One: prohibition of all online gambling inducements and inducement advertising, and all advertising of online pokies australia real money gambling on social media and online platforms.
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