You know Australia's biggest trade partner is the CCP. We share this enough and our Kangaroo meat exports could triple.
You know Australia's biggest trade partner is the CCP. We share this enough and our Kangaroo meat exports could triple.
Yes I do.You know Australia's biggest trade partner is the CCP.
Because there's also regulations on advertising and promotion surrounding tobacco products, and it could be questionable whether a review site itself constitutes "promotion of tobacco use", even if they don't have ads for tobacco products.I'm in Brazil; I could understand blocking access to tobacco sales because I cannot legally import tobacco via post (it's OK when I'm travelling...) but why block access to reviews?
They actually have links to online shops in every review (where that blend could be bought), so that might also be part of it.Because there's also regulations on advertising and promotion surrounding tobacco products, and it could be questionable whether a review site itself constitutes "promotion of tobacco use", even if they don't have ads for tobacco products.
The only restrictions here are on buying and importing tobacco products from overseas. We don't have restrictions on displaying tobacco products and advertising materials at point of sale, and tobacco products are on open display in retailers. So whilst I accept that some countries (e.g. my old home Australia) hide these products behind cupboard doors and pretend they don't exist that is not the case in Brazil where it is very easy to buy a limited range of pipe tobaccos in shops and street kiosks.Because there's also regulations on advertising and promotion surrounding tobacco products, and it could be questionable whether a review site itself constitutes "promotion of tobacco use", even if they don't have ads for tobacco products.
I can understand the sites that sell tobacco not selling to overseas customers; but blocking a review site because it contains links to third parties that do the selling is bonkers.They actually have links to online shops in every review (where that blend could be bought), so that might also be part of it.
Grim times, indeed. And it is getting worse every year.With all the censorship going boom left and right, stuff like this is not only not surprising but expected. I was over at a news site and some videos were "unavailable to your location". With some countries going bonkers and threatening to go after everyone who says X or Y even if they're not nationals of said country or even live there, I find it reasonable that owners of sites are turning protectionistic in order to avoid legal entanglements. Expect more of this going forward: frankly, tobacco content being blocked is the least of your worries hereon.
Yes, you can use a VPN (I'm using one and coulda switched to a US server to watch those videos, but why bother?) but it's not a panacea. If they want to know where you're accessing from and who you are, they still can. Some sites also do blanket blocking of VPN-users.
It's almost like eventually you won't be able to buy or sell unless the gov't says it's okay.Grim times, indeed. And it is getting worse every year.
I can log into tobaccoreviews. I was so excited until I remembered I am sitting in LAX![]()
I guess on your return flight you are..............relaxed.I can log into tobaccoreviews. I was so excited until I remembered I am sitting in LAX![]()
I guess on your return flight you are..............relaxed.