The people shall have no say on the establishment of The Ministry of Truth.
The most controversial destructive, dangerous legislation to ever be put up to censor Australians, has JUST ONE WEEK CONSULTATION.
Watch what happens next as they guillotine it through the senate.
Senator Matt Canavan accuses Labor of trying to ‘silence’ Australians by rushing consultation on controversial misinformation bill
The Labor government has been accused of rushing the consultation period of its controversial misinformation bill in a bid to “silence” dissent against the proposed new powers.
The Albanese government has apparently attempted to rush the consultation period for its controversial misinformation bill and allowed Australians “just a week” to present criticisms.
The recently introduced Combatting Misinformation and Disinformation Bill 2024 has sought to combat false and misleading content online through revised legislation.
The bill has defined misinformation as “content… reasonably verifiable as false, misleading or deceptive”.
However, the bill has attracted criticism amid claims the proposed legislation could be used to censor speech, particularly around gender, religion and political opinion.
Nationals Senator Matt Canavan accused Labor of rushing consultation on Monday after the government gave “just one week” for Australians to dissent to the proposed bill.
Mr Canavan condemned the brief timeline and said: “The Labor party is giving people just a week to make a submission on their plans to censor the Australian people.”
“True to form, they are trying to silence people even before they have the powers to do so,” he said in a statement.
The bill has aimed to amend the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 and establish a new framework for managing misinformation and disinformation.
While other inquiries have been given months for submissions, the misinformation bill has offered a limited timeline for citizens to voice their concerns.
The deadline for public submissions has been set for September 30.
Shadow communications minister David Coleman last week described the government’s approach as “contemptuous of free speech”.
He noted that the legislation gives the Australian Communications and Media Authority broad powers to impose fines on platforms failing to address misinformation.
Communications Minister Michelle Rowland stated the revised legislation aimed to balance harmful misinformation with freedom of expression.
“When it comes to mis- and dis-information, it needs to be something that is verifiably false and capable of causing harm,” she told Sky News on Sunday.
Of course the govt will have the right to establish a ministry of truth inside the ACMA to decide if your post is malicious or harmful and dole out punishments. Unreal. Do the peasants even care? Are they so apathetic they just say whatever, govt knows best?