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> Organising protests without government censorship. In Victoria, Australia, the government used social media to track people organising lockdown protests, whi

> Organising protests without government censorship. In Victoria, Australia, the government used social media to track people organising lockdown protests, which led people to be arrested for 'inciting' protest. Think speak 101.

AnotherGoodName 6y ago
'Think speak 101' huh. Like when people post that the government was arresting people for inciting protests without context why they were doing so? That kind of think speak? For those who want context. There's a pandemic. People are dying. The government stopped an anti-quarantine protest before it could cause harm.
- cmroanirgo 6y ago
  In small rural towns people were trying to organise protests that followed social distancing guidelines. They were arrested for 'inciting protest'. Specifically, the accusatory wording by the police is 'inciting' which was then used to charge people, under dubious legal conditions. All they did was to suggest a protest. Here's some news articles: https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/police-break-down-door-of-conspiracist-accused-of-inciting-an-anti-lockdown-protest-20200904-p55sd7.html https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/police-break-dow... https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-04/victoria-police-arrest-fourth-person-for-supporting-protests/12630904 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-04/victoria-police-arres... https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/sep/02/three-men-arrested-ahead-of-planned-anti-lockdown-protest-in-victoria https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/sep/02/three... https://theconversation.com/protests-have-been-criminalised-under-covid-what-is-incitement-how-is-it-being-used-in-the-pandemic-145538 https://theconversation.com/protests-have-been-criminalised-... This was enough to get your door broken in and arrested: > As some of you may have seen the government has gone to extreme measures and are using scare tactics through the media to prevent the Melbourne protest... > Here in Ballarat we can be a voice for those in stage four lockdowns. We can be seen and heard and hopefully make a difference!

AnotherGoodName 6y ago

'Think speak 101' huh. Like when people post that the government was arresting people for inciting protests without context why they were doing so? That kind of think speak? For those who want context. There's a pandemic. People are dying. The government stopped an anti-quarantine protest before it could cause harm.

cmroanirgo 6y ago
In small rural towns people were trying to organise protests that followed social distancing guidelines. They were arrested for 'inciting protest'. Specifically, the accusatory wording by the police is 'inciting' which was then used to charge people, under dubious legal conditions. All they did was to suggest a protest. Here's some news articles: https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/police-break-down-door-of-conspiracist-accused-of-inciting-an-anti-lockdown-protest-20200904-p55sd7.html https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/police-break-dow... https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-04/victoria-police-arrest-fourth-person-for-supporting-protests/12630904 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-04/victoria-police-arres... https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/sep/02/three-men-arrested-ahead-of-planned-anti-lockdown-protest-in-victoria https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/sep/02/three... https://theconversation.com/protests-have-been-criminalised-under-covid-what-is-incitement-how-is-it-being-used-in-the-pandemic-145538 https://theconversation.com/protests-have-been-criminalised-... This was enough to get your door broken in and arrested: > As some of you may have seen the government has gone to extreme measures and are using scare tactics through the media to prevent the Melbourne protest... > Here in Ballarat we can be a voice for those in stage four lockdowns. We can be seen and heard and hopefully make a difference!