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>Australian gov. used their abilities to mark people who say against coal energy as anti-government Even the partisan sources you've linked don't support that
by stevetrewick 11y ago
>Australian gov. used their abilities to mark people who say against coal energy as anti-government
Even the partisan sources you've linked don't support that particular assertion AFAICS. It appears that gov.au placed a group of activists with the potential intent to disrupt energy supplies under surveillance.
'Green' activists suffer from a bad case of noble cause corruption which prevents them from understanding that things they think are wonderful and necessary - like disrupting power grids - are well within the scope of what other people would consider to be terrorism.
There is also no suggestion that any ML or mass surveillance was used in targeting them. Targeted, intrusive surveillance was authorised against them.
- akerro 11y agoI don't know any good sources about it. I heard about it somewhere on reddit probably and it stuck in my head, there are more different kind of sources if you need more: http://www.theguardian.com/environment/earth-insight/2014/jan/21/fracking-activism-protest-terrorist-oil-corporate-spies http://www.theguardian.com/environment/earth-insight/2014/ja... http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-01-07/brown-slams-spying-on-environmental-activists/3762308 http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-01-07/brown-slams-spying-on-... http://www.smh.com.au/environment/afp-spies-targeting-green-activists-20120106-1pogq.html http://www.smh.com.au/environment/afp-spies-targeting-green-...