Comment by eptcyka
15 days ago
It is actually Australia where the US goes to test out far-out legislative ideas before implementing them at home.
15 days ago
It is actually Australia where the US goes to test out far-out legislative ideas before implementing them at home.
Australia does a great job of enacting wacky authoritarian policies in the last 5 years; It would make sense to use them as a staging ground. Does any specific legislation come to mind?
Social media ban for under 16s is the latest half witted idea enacted by the government here.
This week we've had the federal laws strengthend to a one year minimum jail time for nazi salutes. I think saying "punch a nazi" unironically could now also get you a year in jail, but I'm not sure about that one.
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Banning Social Media for under 16s is a great idea. Hopefully other countries follow soon.
Any specific whacky examples?
Something like this? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_surveillance_in_Australia...
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