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He wrote the famous novel 1984 in which a totalitarian government determines what ‘facts’ are allowed to be believed via its Ministry of Truth.
Bizarrely, last Sunday was the day the Australian Government announced it would be setting up its own ‘Ministry of Truth’.
That’s right! On George Orwell’s birthday, Australia’s Albanese Labor Government declared it would trample over freedom of speech by giving a government agency new powers to combat what it deems as ‘misinformation’ and ‘disinformation’ online.
The question is who gets to determine what is misinformation or disinformation and what is the truth?
The past few years have shown us that many things declared as ‘fake news’ one day end up being proven truthful several months down the track.
The Albanese Labor Government haven’t said how they will determine what they believe to be false or not, but they have said that they will target anything that they think is:
• hateful against the LGBTIQ community;
• disruptive to society;
• harmful to democracy;
• harmful to the environment; or
• harmful to the economy.
All of this is extremely subjective and open to someone’s interpretation.
The proposed law will cover social media platforms, search engines, news aggregators, web forums, video platforms like YouTube and podcasting platforms.
Just about everything on the internet is in the firing line of this new Australian ‘Ministry of Truth’!
Currently the proposed law and powers are in the draft stage and the Australian Government is seeking feedback on them.
Australians must grab this opportunity to defend free speech and tell the government they don’t want them regulating what can and can’t be said online.
If the people remain silent now then, in the not-too-distant future, silence is all that might be left for those who uphold the values of faith, freedom and family in Australia.
Than you as always, George! You are a true warrior in this fight against this evil, totalitarian government! I will share the petition link in my next post on this subject and urge everyone to sign!
We elected you and we all have our own brains, our human rights to think for ourselves, come to our own conclusions about certain issues with all the information available not just the narrative your selling.
Wow, these submissions are awesome! Thank you to those who have written them. They have given me inspiration to construct my own.
(Thanks for sharing them Meryl). 😊
Make an easy submission to the Department with this petition: https://citizengo.org/en-au/rf/211329-hands-online-free-speech
George Orwell would have turned 120 last Sunday.
He wrote the famous novel 1984 in which a totalitarian government determines what ‘facts’ are allowed to be believed via its Ministry of Truth.
Bizarrely, last Sunday was the day the Australian Government announced it would be setting up its own ‘Ministry of Truth’.
That’s right! On George Orwell’s birthday, Australia’s Albanese Labor Government declared it would trample over freedom of speech by giving a government agency new powers to combat what it deems as ‘misinformation’ and ‘disinformation’ online.
Stop Labor’s anti-free speech laws! Sign the petition today: https://citizengo.org/en-au/rf/211329-hands-online-free-speech
The question is who gets to determine what is misinformation or disinformation and what is the truth?
The past few years have shown us that many things declared as ‘fake news’ one day end up being proven truthful several months down the track.
The Albanese Labor Government haven’t said how they will determine what they believe to be false or not, but they have said that they will target anything that they think is:
• hateful against the LGBTIQ community;
• disruptive to society;
• harmful to democracy;
• harmful to the environment; or
• harmful to the economy.
All of this is extremely subjective and open to someone’s interpretation.
The proposed law will cover social media platforms, search engines, news aggregators, web forums, video platforms like YouTube and podcasting platforms.
Just about everything on the internet is in the firing line of this new Australian ‘Ministry of Truth’!
Fight this attack on free speech by signing the petition: https://citizengo.org/en-au/rf/211329-hands-online-free-speech
Currently the proposed law and powers are in the draft stage and the Australian Government is seeking feedback on them.
Australians must grab this opportunity to defend free speech and tell the government they don’t want them regulating what can and can’t be said online.
If the people remain silent now then, in the not-too-distant future, silence is all that might be left for those who uphold the values of faith, freedom and family in Australia.
Tell the government to get its hands off our right to free speech today! Sign the petition: https://citizengo.org/en-au/rf/211329-hands-online-free-speech
Than you as always, George! You are a true warrior in this fight against this evil, totalitarian government! I will share the petition link in my next post on this subject and urge everyone to sign!
You're very kind, Meryl... and a true warrior yourself. Thanks for all you do.
How very true dear Meryl Dorey, hugs xo
Adrian.
Shared.
100% freedom of speech
Back off government!
We elected you and we all have our own brains, our human rights to think for ourselves, come to our own conclusions about certain issues with all the information available not just the narrative your selling.
It seems all the submissions are effectively saying the same thing: we don't want this garbage Bill!
In so many words... 😜