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The Australian legal system (and the British) have always prohibited video, audio or even photographic recordings in court rooms. This extends even to online hearings now.

The public and reporters can sit in but they can not record or re broadcast.

Wow. I didn't know that, as it is allowed in South Africa. Although at times the judges can refuse the media's requests in sensitive cases. I don't know if the media is allowed to record.

You guys are doing a great job for all of us. I mean not only for Hive, but for the world.

A real David and Goliath battle, but in this case there are two Goliaths.
Oh and two David's I might add.

But Facebook is an international issue meaning Australia does NOT have the legal jurisdiction to do that.

Has the judge checked in Microsoft's servers if they don't record the sessions, through "MS teams"? I would think they do, at least to train their own lawyers and to be one move ahead in this gigantic chessgame.

And the US "three letters agencies" also do, probably providing Facebook and Google with a copy, in case they'd ask for one.

The court records all the sessions but I have no idea if there is a way to get access to recordings or only to the official court transcript (which costs quite a bit to buy afterwards).

So now we see why recording is disallowed.

That's another point that would be worth to be investigated 🙃.

A rain of thanks and blessings for your restless work in favor of freedom!

The CIA and other agencies have spy systems which has the ability to monitor and save things meaning if it is connected to the Internet, then it is being recorded and saved by governmental agencies like the CIA and others. And it is an international issue. Meaning if they say you can't record it, that has no meaning because it is being recorded. So, it is like saying do not put water in the cup, but there is water in the cup. And if you accidentally put a drop of water in that cup, it would be insane for them to get mad at you because there was already water in the cup.

And Australia does not have the legal jurisdiction because Facebook is an international matter.