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Two things which stick out like hairy balls on a Tranny. 1. It is the government that will be defining what is erroneous information but it is the government that is often the one providing false information. There's only only one way we can approach the truth and that is to thrash out the idea, in all its detail, in the arena of public debate. 2. Any law which cannot be applied equally, in this case we see the government exempt, is nothing more than a tool of the powerful.

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If this bill were being tabled in Russia, the entire western media-industrial complex would be up in arms about how Russian Hitler was subverting the cause of truth, justice and the CNN way. But as it’s here, we’ll no doubt all soon be in agreement that cluster bombs are “munitions of peace”.

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All I know is that it were a place like Turkey doing this, the media would correctly call it out as a dangerous move.

https://www.politico.eu/article/turkeys-social-media-law-a-cautionary-tale/

“This law comes amid a steep degradation in internet freedom over the past decade in Turkey and could be the nail in the coffin for online freedom of speech,” said Cathryn Grothe, a research associate working on Freedom House’s Freedom on the Net project. “This is a move towards cyber-authoritarianism.”

Turkey's law highlights one of the dangers of governments regulating online speech. While Western governments have pressured social media companies to tackle issues like COVID-19 and election misinformation, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan says “immorality” is their greatest offense.

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What 'democracy'?

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Bingo !

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If this gets through, in what way will it be any different to the so-called "Great Fire Wall of China"? Everything you say or do on line being subject to deep surveillance and subsequent censorship or deplatforming by the Deep State Big Brother. This does not seem like an understatement.

They will say, "Just trust us, it will be for the greater good of all Australians".

At least we have a chance to vote NO on The Voice.

The minimal, tokenistic time period given for so called "public consultation" is an insult to the Australian people.

Why was not this mentioned as part of the government's election promises if it is such a great thing?

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My jaw dropped when I saw how the lefties defended this proposed legislation. The response is typically, "Well, if you don't publish mis or dis information you have nothing to worry about!". This just illustrates the sheer level of brain washing and mind-mashing numbness the typical lefty has been subject to in their formative years - a near binary view of the world with no ability to analyse, critique ideas, think laterally or consider the consequences of simple ideas, let alone complex ones. And some still wonder how this country got to where it is today! Our very own Chris Bowen is perhaps the very best illustration of this since he ticks every single sorry box as per the above!

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It is a threat to democracy and will drive us further underground. The the answer to dis/mis information is more information. I no longer use FB because meta is involved in censorship.

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I haven’t for years. I cancelled them!

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Isn't it Rupert that decides what Aussies hear, read and see?

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Even Rupert got nailed by Google (YouTube) for misinformation (SkyNews) and decided to “comply” rather than loosing their online audience. There’s just a new boss, same as the old boss deciding what you get to hear or see.

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Only in the media he owns. This will give the government control over everything.

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As I stated before, this is the problem with not having an American-style First Amendment.

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Certainly hasn't helped them any...

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Actually, it did secure them a legal win just recently, which I mention in the article.

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Didn’t last long. “ A three-judge panel put a hold on an unusual injunction that limited the Biden administration’s interactions with tech platforms.”

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/14/social-media-injunction-temporary-stay-00106431

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Oh damn hadn't seen that. Thanks.

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I didn’t know either till yesterday when someone pointed it out me when I was making an argument for the need of a bill of rights to protect freedom of speech.

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Yeah think they got a sniff of freedom for about 6 days. The magnitude of how easily the ruling was squashed should ring huge alarm bells.

On your other note, I lost any hope I had in the Australian constitution, or the supreme court when I was stripped of my job for no jab. Our nation is falling into step in magnificent cadence.

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I agree, when the judiciary cannot be depended on to uphold the constitution, it's not much good quoting the consititution.

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Well you do have a Supreme Court that will uphold that right in law. They just have to fight for it. I read the Australian Constitution. It’s more a procedural document than enshrining rights.

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Absolutely correct. The Australian Constitution is essentially a document about how to manage the business of parliament and we plebs have two rights: freedom of religion and freedom to cross state lines, both of which were suspended during the state of emergency.

When the SOE is triggered (usually by the WHO) we are captured and the stopping condition of tyranny is the people. Our rights are suspended and we must fight for our lives. Good people do not understand this because they cannot conceive that their 'government who loves them' is captured, but I think more are today.

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80% of people will give up their freedoms in order to be "safe" and be taken care of. How else do you explain the re-election of Andrews in Victoria?

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I cannot, but I would not rule out cheating in some way. I am very worried about the upcoming referendum.

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You notice how they don't have a specific date. They'll be manipulating social media with the help of Zuckerberg and Pfizer to name just a couple who have pledged millions. I say, stick your noses out of our business.

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Or second.

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Ha ha, yes

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Reclaim the Net has covered this as well;

https://reclaimthenet.org/michelle-rowland-tries-to-justify-new-censorship-law

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Thank you for addressing this very important topic. It is a win - win. If it helps to stop the bill, its a win. If it doesn"t, it helps to raise awareness and drive more people to independent media as your mentor pointed out. I had first hand insights into censorship in former Communists East Germany. They knew the governments propaganda by heart and got mostly immune to it. We Westerners were the real idiots because we believed the "democratic, free" media. The biggest task will be to keep the Internet uncontrolled so we will always be able to communicate. Malone recently published a speech by Snowden at a conference of developer nerds. Very intetesting. It appears the future of mankind could be in the hands of these young smart nerds. They need to outsmart the controlling forces.

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Thank you Rebekah 💛 do you think it'll also affect paper publications like The Light Australia?

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Not directly. From the draft legislation:

"The ACMA has a graduated set of powers in relation to misinformation and disinformation on certain kinds of digital platform services."

So the concern about offline impacts to a paper like The Light might be more to do with community organising. Eg: If platforms allow groups to co-ordinate distribution of the paper, could this be interpreted to be causing 'harm' to public order or to the environment based on the content of the papers? Or, users may find it increasingly difficult to share The Light's content online.

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👍 Thank you. Either way we need to stop the bill

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We've republished in A Sense of Place Magazine. Once again, great work. I like the comment from Dollyboy: It is the government that will be defining what is erroneous information but it is the government that is often the one providing false information. https://asenseofplacemagazine.com/australia-on-dangerous-ground-new-misinformation-bill-a-threat-to-democracy/

Regards.

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Strategically thinking, I believe that promoting the film "Sound of Freedom" will do more to isolate and identify the real criminals in our nation than any other factor, especially those attempting to close down this movie. Yet, despite attempts by Hollywood and governments to prevent the movie from being made, and now to prevent viewing, it is breaking box office records. Moreover, viewers hang about after the movie, all fired up to save children from child traffickers. And never believe otherwise, child trafficking is a central function of the globalist agenda. I say this as a former Commonwealth Welfare Officer and researcher who has been studying the global elite since 1964, which means I recorded events that others did not understand the significance of. Child trafficking is the Achiles heel of the globalists because they fear exposure by the film and therefore, are compelled to fight it, which then gives them away for who and what they are. If there is no theatre in your town, ask your state child welfare authority to help have a screening in your local town hall. If they refuse, and they may well do this, you have just identified a centre of evil in your own community. One thing will lead to another and the town will be in an uproar. Then see your local media editor and ask him/her to feature the movie on the front page, or on TV News analysis. You will discover your media is central to the entire problem, especially if it is linked to News Corp. Leaflet and notice board your town and eventually the media will be forced tocome clean. Sack the editor in chief and manager by communiity acclaim. All of a sudden, government has no voice with which to attack you. You are now on your way to freedom and to rescue tens of thousands of innocent children.

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I watched the review on the The Drinker only two nights ago (we found him last week, guy's hardcore Scottish af).

His opinion made quite an impression- just what you're saying too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2ov9_pGkyY

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A Glaswidgeon. They don't come any more hardcore. Rupert Murdoch is orchestrating the panicked opposition because this movie is a broadside that the clever Globalists did not anticipate, despite analyisng thousands of possibilities. I am going to ask my local Catholic Church and Council to sponsor a showing in our town hall. That just might launch a local civil war LOL. Have you seen the movie yet, Aria.

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For the record, I'd say the 'Clever Globalists' are pushing just the right buttons. The world has to change in a huge way, and has only just started changing direction.

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No, I don't really have time, so a 'Weegie' (Glaswegian) unafraid to speak his mind is very valuable to avoid junk. Unfortunately I'm well aware of the situation the film is portraying, have been for years. I hope people who may have heard whispers of the truth of this sick foundation of our world start to realise quite how insidious it truly is. If the 'reality' doesn't get them thinking, maybe a 'film' might.

I'd be VERY interested to know the reaction of the church and council!

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Is it possible Sound of Freedom is a recruiting drive mixed with PR. This is what we have been doing, are doing and going to keep doing and you will be happy.

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Not a chance. This is the globalist Achilles heel, the last thing thay wanted set loose. I am not new at this. I have been analysing their behaviour since 2005, and following them since 1964. I know their every move.

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Okay I respect your stance and certainly your knowledge on the subject. I feel it’s similar to the genocide that is happening around us. The Rome Report in the 70’s clearly states we need to reduce the world’s population by which ever means. Agenda 21 Rio clearly states we need to reduce the population by which ever means. Today people are rolling up there sleeves to reduce the population. Oh by which ever means? They like to tell us there every move, that they want us to know! Then run and control counter stories and movements against what there telling you. I do find it interesting that in 70’s report they talk of trans humanism. Do not mention it in the Agenda 21 in the 90’s. Today?????

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Every bad thing happening on this planet right now has a common genesis and, as we speak, one man is orchestratign it all, ordained for this role by the Rockefellers and Rothschilds. He is also behind the organised opposition to the Sound of Freedom. Whenhe goes down, the NWO goes to the backburner.

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When government and politicians and media collectively strive to stifle and suppress our God ordained human rights and freedom of mind and speech and conscience, you know that a global totalitarian dictatorship is not far off. We are now living in and witnessing the final stages and foundations of this diabolical globalist totalitarian dictatorship being laid before our eyes. And I believe all society has a moral responsibility and duty to preserve our fundamental human rights and freedoms at all cost and that means fighting back against all those evil doers who are hellbent on destroying our precious freedoms and implementing a totalitarian GNWO dictatorship as the "new normal". As a Christian who has been personally researching the diabolical history of the Jesuit Order, Vatican Papacy, Illuminati, Freemasonry for over 30 years, I can assure you that the Satanic Cabal that rules this whole global conspiracy plotting the diabolical New World Order Agenda is the Satanic Jesuit Vatican. And this New World Order Agenda is prophesied in the books of Daniel and Revelation in the Holy Bible. In the books of Daniel and Revelation in the Bible the immutable Word of God accurately foretold and predicted the rise and fall of the Four Great Empires in human history. To learn about these amazing Bible Prophecies, see this website: https://www.ucg.org/bible-study-tools/booklets/the-middle-east-in-bible-prophecy/the-four-empires-of-daniels-prophecies

The NWO is not a "conspiracy theory" it is a real diabolical conspiracy, the evidence and proof of this NWO is overwhelming. The politicians and corporate mainstream media will never reveal the truth about this NWO to the public and society what is really happening behind the scenes of globalization today, because the majority of politicians and media today collectively has either knowingly or unknowingly given their consent to this Jesuit Vatican New World Order, they have been indoctrinated and brainwashed, and thus they are mind controlled by the perpetual propaganda and lies being peddled daily by the Jesuit Vatican NWO controlled globalist institutions, i.e., U.S. White House, UN, CFR, WEF, WHO, all governments, military, law enforcement, universities, education system, all mainstream media etc that they own & control. If you really want to know where all this global madness, insanity, rapid moral decline, tyranny, totalitarianism is leading us globally, I highly recommend reading these books: The Enemy Unmasked and The Secret Terrorists by Bill Hughes, Mark of the Beast by Vance Ferrell - feel free to visit my Ebay store to if you would like to order a copy or copies of The Secret Terrorist's by Bill Hughes & Mark of the Beast by Vance Ferrel - to order these books type in the ID Numbers on Ebay: 362985306039 & 363692481059 , Johnny Cirucci's explosive books exposing the Jesuit Vatican on his website: https://johnnycirucci.com/books/ , THE JESUITS - THE SECRET ARMY OF THE PAPACY by Shaun Willcock - visit his Website: www.biblebasedministries.co.uk for great books exposing the Jesuit Vatican and Anti-Chris , Vatican Assassins by Eric Jon Phelps, The Papacy by J.A. Wilie, and many other great books.

Please beware of those who claim to be exposing the New World Order, but they don't expose the true diabolical Satanic power behind the New World Order, the Jesuit Vatican. When they do not or will not expose the Jesuit Vatican as the central power behind the New World Order, they are likely to be Jesuit coadjutors and "Gate Keepers". The Jesuit Vatican controls ALL government's today, they long ago penetrated and subjugated the Democrat and Republican parties of America, they penetrated and subjugated the administrations of Kennedy, Reagan, Carter, Bush, Clinton, Obama, Trump, Biden. Clinton was educated/indoctrinated at Jesuit Georgetown University. Trump was educated/indoctrinated at Jesuit Fordham University. Trump's son and daughter were also educated/indoctrinated at Jesuit Fordham University. The major political parties of Australia both Liberal and Labor are heavily infected, penetrated, controlled by Jesuits. Just to name some of them, Scott Morrison, Barnaby Joyce, Anthony Albanese, Bill Shorten, Christopher Pine, Malcolm Turnbull, and others. In light of this revelation, it's no surprise why they want to usher in a "Ministry of Truth" so they can permanently shut down all freedom of speech to silence society, they don't want the citizens of America, Australia, the global humanity to know the truth that the Jesuit Vatican long ago has penetrated and subjugated all government's on earth today, and they don't want the diabolical evils they plot on a daily basis to be disclosed and exposed to the general populace and society, because if all the nations were to become personally privy and aware of the diabolical evils that the Jesuit Vatican were plotting to usher in a Global Church-State-New World Order, to enforce the diabolical Mark of the Beast warned and predicted in Revelation in the Bible, a Global SUN-DAY Worship Law, the entire global humanity, all the nations would collectively rise up and revolt within the hour against the diabolical Satanic Jesuit Vatican and it would be lights out and game over for the Jesuit Vatican New World Order!

God bless!

Tom Veil

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Remember that despicable creature that New Zealanders were forced to endure.

''We will be your sole source of truth''.

That's what this is all about - [the not so great reset]

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