The bill presents itself as protection, but is written in language that is surprisingly reckless and shamelessly authoritarian…
https://x.com/MaryKostakidis/status/2011957146351780317
‘This power does not stop at the Australian border. The listings can reach backward in time and across borders. The bill allows an organization to be blacklisted if it “has advocated (whether or not in Australia)” conduct that qualifies as hateful, even if that conduct “occurred before subsection (1) commences.”
That means a person can be prosecuted for speech or association that was entirely legal when it occurred. The past is no refuge, and geography offers no escape. [Unlike Article I, Sections 9 and 10 of the U.S. Constitution, which prohibits it, Australia permits ex post facto, or retroactive laws.]…
The bill presents itself as protection, but is written in language that is surprisingly reckless and shamelessly authoritarian…
This legislation normalizes the management of thought through regulation. The state positions itself as the final arbiter of acceptable speech, using fear as both the metric and the motive.’
posted by Satish Sharma at
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