The Canberra Clown Gallery must not get away with that.
She was helping shadow-ban half the population’s political opinion.
Seems that ‘eSafety’ is no more than a euphemism (double-speak) for partisan political censorship. And here I was thinking it was about online scams and porn. How deceptive.
Australia’s head honcho of the Ministry of Truth.
Unelected and overpaid doing in a role no Australian voted for. She has clear conflict of interests. She is connected to the Biden regime, Bill Gates, WEF Klaus Schwab & former (sacked) Twitter managers.
And she’s getting paid nearly as much as the PM.
Did you know the eSaftey Commissioner used to work at Twitter before taking a position with the Australian Government? It seems that @tweetinjules is a disgruntled former employee who is abusing her bureaucratic powers for a personal vendetta. At best, she has an incredible conflict of interest. I hope @elonmusk destroys her in court.
Hell hath no fury like a butthurt ex-Twitter employee aka FBI spook who wishes to control access to information.
Peter Dutton now backs laws to crack down on ‘above the law’ social media companies over misinformation
Coalition was previously fiercely critical of Labor’s misinformation legislation, having campaigned to ‘bin the bill’
Social media companies see themselves as “above the law”, Dutton told ABC’s Insiders program.
“We’re happy to have a look at anything the government puts forward,” he said.
The communications minister, Michelle Rowland, has accused the opposition of flip-flopping and confirmed the government will introduce new legislation this year.
“Holding social media companies accountable for seriously harmful misinformation and disinformation on their platforms has never been more important,” she said.
“The Albanese government has been steadfast in its resolve to combat the scourge of mis- and disinformation online.
“The Coalition has flip-flopped on its position since 2022, putting politics first and running an irresponsible ‘bin the bill’ campaign, instead of working to hold big tech to account and keep Australians safe online. It’s hard to understand if the Coalition is actually serious about tackling this problem.”
The eSafety commissioner, Julie Inman Grant, tasked social media platforms to remove content that was in breach of online safety legislation after the stabbings, but the swift spread of false messages also ramped up calls for the government to do more.
The federal government’s proposed legislation would give the Australian Communications and Media Authority more powers over the social media platforms.
Rowland said this week that most platforms had complied with Inman-Grant’s requests.
But Elon Musk’s X, formerly known as Twitter, has rejected Australia’s request to take down content about the stabbing and accused the online watchdog of attempted censorship.
In a tweet, X said Inman-Grant “does not have the authority to dictate what content X’s users can see globally”.
“We will robustly challenge this unlawful and dangerous approach in court,” X said.
Musk tweeted that the “Australian censorship commissar [sic] is demanding *global* content bans!”.
The opposition has been vehemently opposed to the misinformation laws, describing them as “Orwellian”. The shadow communications spokesperson, David Coleman, has been running the “bin the bill” website with a petition against the laws on the grounds that it threatens freedom of speech. “This bad law must be stopped,” the website says.
But Dutton said the Coalition would be willing to work with the government to strengthen existing eSafety laws and to introduce the new misinformation laws.
“We need to get the right balance … we don’t want to impinge on your ability to express a view in a democracy,” he said.
Labor frontbencher Murray Watt said the public had had a “gutful of these narcissistic billionaires”.
“They’re thumbing their nose at the laws that we have in place and I think it’s entirely fair that we go after them,” he told Sky News.
The deputy opposition leader, Sussan Ley, also said the Coalition would support the government “in cracking down” on social media platforms.
If the opposition does not back the bill, the government will need the support of the cross-bench to get it through.
The Greens are waiting to see the final bill before making a decision. Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young said earlier this week that tech companies needed to be held accountable, and that Australia’s regulation had to be “fit for purpose”. “Many of these digital platforms are now the only way people consume their news, and they need to be regulated and held to account for their behaviour,” she said.
Independent MP Allegra Spender said she would work with the government on addressing social media issues, “while retaining the space for public debate”.