Comment by y-curious
1 year ago
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?
1 year ago
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.
Oh, you feel the need to defend nazis?
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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...
I started reading and it talks about something where a warrant and a case are required to request interception on each case. Is that whacky? You don't think it helps you know fight crime and stuff? Or you have an actual specific example?