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Proposed Law Would Fine Australians Who Share Protest Information $11,000

11 points by AndrewBissell 5y ago

r721 5y ago
>NewsPunch is a Los Angeles-based fake news website known for spreading conspiracy theories, political misinformation, and hoaxes. Originally named Your News Wire, it was founded in 2014 by Sean Adl-Tabatabai and Sinclair Treadway. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NewsPunch https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NewsPunch
- AndrewBissell 5y ago
  Is there something in the article you think is untrue?
  - r721 5y ago
    I'm not going to give them ad views.
    - MikeUt 5y ago
      Here is an archive link, so you can read the article without giving them views: https://web.archive.org/web/20210802152519/https://newspunch.com/australians-who-post-independent-media-content-online-could-face-11000-fines/ https://web.archive.org/web/20210802152519/https://newspunch...
      - r721 5y ago
        Here is the actual source: https://au.news.yahoo.com/facebook-post-lockdown-protest-11000-fine-080358345.html https://au.news.yahoo.com/facebook-post-lockdown-protest-110... >These include $11,000 fines for people sharing information on social media about illegal rallies and inciting others to illegally attend. So Newspunch title seems to be untrue, "Independent Media Content" <> "information on social media about illegal rallies and inciting others to illegally attend".
        AndrewBissell 5y ago
        I already had changed the HN headline, wouldn't mind switching the link to this as well.
allears 5y ago
"Independent" in this case meaning anti-vax, anti-mask, Covid denial.
- AndrewBissell 5y ago
  And therefore a priori wrong and deserving of government censorship, in your opinion?
  - allears 5y ago
    Exactly.
    - AndrewBissell 5y ago
      You people have lost your minds. Masks don't work (which is what every RCT concluded before Covid started), the vaccines are a poor risk proposition for huge segments of the population they're being administered to, and Covid is a virus on par with the 1968 influenza season whose threat is being vastly overstated to cajole the public into agreeing to things like banning assembly and protest.
      - s5fs 5y ago
        And just like that, you owe Australia $11k.
        AndrewBissell 5y ago
        Seems so far the fines are just proposed for people posting about "illegal" rallies (lol), so we're maybe still two or three months out from just criminalizing questioning of the Covid dogma as such.
      - gwerbret 5y ago
        > You people have lost your minds...the vaccines are a poor risk proposition for huge segments of the population they're being administered to, and Covid is a virus on par with the 1968 influenza season whose threat is being vastly overstated It's always interesting to see how people spin narratives to fit their own biases and preconceived notions, as exemplified by the criticism of vaccines in this context. If the general public was more likely to be thoughtful and considerate, rather than bombastic and dismissive, there would (probably) be fewer such news stories about restricting the spread of misinformation.

11 points by AndrewBissell 5y ago

r721 5y ago

>NewsPunch is a Los Angeles-based fake news website known for spreading conspiracy theories, political misinformation, and hoaxes. Originally named Your News Wire, it was founded in 2014 by Sean Adl-Tabatabai and Sinclair Treadway. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NewsPunch https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NewsPunch

AndrewBissell 5y ago
Is there something in the article you think is untrue?
- r721 5y ago
  I'm not going to give them ad views.
  - MikeUt 5y ago
    Here is an archive link, so you can read the article without giving them views: https://web.archive.org/web/20210802152519/https://newspunch.com/australians-who-post-independent-media-content-online-could-face-11000-fines/ https://web.archive.org/web/20210802152519/https://newspunch...
    - r721 5y ago
      Here is the actual source: https://au.news.yahoo.com/facebook-post-lockdown-protest-11000-fine-080358345.html https://au.news.yahoo.com/facebook-post-lockdown-protest-110... >These include $11,000 fines for people sharing information on social media about illegal rallies and inciting others to illegally attend. So Newspunch title seems to be untrue, "Independent Media Content" <> "information on social media about illegal rallies and inciting others to illegally attend".
      - AndrewBissell 5y ago
        I already had changed the HN headline, wouldn't mind switching the link to this as well.

allears 5y ago

"Independent" in this case meaning anti-vax, anti-mask, Covid denial.

AndrewBissell 5y ago
And therefore a priori wrong and deserving of government censorship, in your opinion?
- allears 5y ago
  Exactly.
  - AndrewBissell 5y ago
    You people have lost your minds. Masks don't work (which is what every RCT concluded before Covid started), the vaccines are a poor risk proposition for huge segments of the population they're being administered to, and Covid is a virus on par with the 1968 influenza season whose threat is being vastly overstated to cajole the public into agreeing to things like banning assembly and protest.
    - s5fs 5y ago
      And just like that, you owe Australia $11k.
      - AndrewBissell 5y ago
        Seems so far the fines are just proposed for people posting about "illegal" rallies (lol), so we're maybe still two or three months out from just criminalizing questioning of the Covid dogma as such.
    - gwerbret 5y ago
      > You people have lost your minds...the vaccines are a poor risk proposition for huge segments of the population they're being administered to, and Covid is a virus on par with the 1968 influenza season whose threat is being vastly overstated It's always interesting to see how people spin narratives to fit their own biases and preconceived notions, as exemplified by the criticism of vaccines in this context. If the general public was more likely to be thoughtful and considerate, rather than bombastic and dismissive, there would (probably) be fewer such news stories about restricting the spread of misinformation.