澳大利亚通信部长安妮卡·威尔斯称，网络安全监管机构已致函多家科技公司，要求它们“不得播放”美国对坐轮椅的死刑犯尼达尔·哈桑执行死刑的过程。目前当局正竭力阻止这场由行刑队执行的处决画面在澳大利亚播出。网络安全管理局本周早些时候承认，目前并无足够权限来“主动阻止”此类直播。威尔斯周四表示，尽管有消息称美国总统唐纳德·特朗普可能不会实施直播计划，但澳大利亚政府仍“在做相关准备”。
她在接受澳大利亚广播公司采访时说：“网络安全管理局已致函国内所有科技公司，要求它们采取措施，防止该内容在其平台上传播。昨天我还与Meta公司负责安全事务的副总裁及全球安全主管会面，直接强调了这一点。我们将与Meta等企业通力合作，尽一切努力确保澳大利亚民众不会看到这一画面。” 美国媒体报道称，在两党一致反对的声浪下，特朗普政府内部也出现了不安情绪，这一计划同样引发了包括澳大利亚在内的美国盟友的担忧。
The online safety watchdog has written to tech companies asking them “not to show” the public execution of wheelchair-bound death row inmate Nidal Hasan in the US, Communications Minister Anika Wells says. Authorities are scrambling to restrict the former army officer’s death by firing squad being broadcast in Australia, with eSafety admitting earlier this week it lacks powers to “proactively prevent” it.
澳大利亚总理安东尼·阿尔巴尼斯称此举“令人发指”。他说：“澳大利亚两党一贯反对死刑，将任何人的死刑过程进行直播的做法实在令人发指。我们应当竭尽全力阻止这种事情发生。我不明白为何有人会想观看这样的场面，更别说任由儿童及家庭接触到此类内容了。” 最初提出直播哈桑处决计划的是美国战争部长皮特·赫格塞斯。
Noting reports that US President Donald Trump may not go ahead with plans to broadcast the killing, Ms Wells said on Thursday that Canberra is “making preparations” regardless.
2009年，哈桑在得克萨斯州一处军事基地开枪打死13名手无寸铁的士兵，另有数十人受伤。在2013年的军事法庭审判中，他声称自己杀死战友是为了保护阿富汗的穆斯林和塔利班分子。
“The eSafety commissioner has written to all of our tech companies to say we expect them to take steps not to show this on their platforms,” she told the ABC.
“我们会确保人们能够观看它，让它公开，因为人们需要明白，做这种事情会有严重后果。”赫格塞斯上周表示。特朗普周末表示，他将“最终”作出决定。“有两种想法：不展示它和展示它，因为你知道，通过展示它，也许其他人就不会像（哈桑）那样行事了。”他说。“所以我最终会做出决定。我知道军方希望怎么做，但我们会作出决定。”
“And I met with Meta, the vice-president and global head of safety of Meta yesterday, and made that point directly. “We will work together with companies like Meta to go everything we can to make sure Australians don’t have to see this.” US media has reported unease within the Trump administration amid bipartisan outcry. It has also caused unease among US allies, including Australia. Anthony Albanese decried it as “abhorrent”. “Australia has had a bipartisan position of opposition to the death penalty, and I find the idea of livestreaming the death of anybody completely abhorrent,” he said. “We should do whatever we can to stop that occurring. “I don’t know why anyone would want themselves to watch such an event, let alone sit back and allow potentially kids and families to get access to this.” US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth originally made the vow to broadcast Hasan’s execution. Hasan fatally shot 13 unarmed soldiers and injured dozens more at a base in Texas in 2009. During his 2013 court martial, he said he killed his fellow soldiers to protect Muslims and the Taliban in Afghanistan. “We’ll make sure that people are able to watch it, that it’s public, because people need to understand that there’s serious consequences for these types of things,” Mr Hegseth said last week. Mr Trump said at the weekend he would “ultimately” make the decision. “There are two thoughts: don’t show it and show it, because you know by showing it, maybe other people won’t be doing what (Hasan) did,” he said. “So I’ll make a decision ultimately. I know what the military would like to do, but we’ll make a decision.”