Arrr, this new fangled 'misinformation' bill be the grandest plunderin' of our freedoms in Oz! Blast ye scallywags!
2024-09-13
Arrr, matey! Last year, the landlubbers of Australia be tryin' to hoist new laws ‘gainst the tale-tellin’ scallywags, but the critics raised a ruckus! Aye, they made the officials rethink their course, like a ship caught in a stormy sea! Har har!
Ahoy mateys! It be no treasure map, but a tale from down under where the officials be settin’ sail on new laws to combat the scourge of online disinformation! Critics be raisin’ their tankards, claimin' it be a fetter on free speech, a pirate's bane! John Storey, a scallywag from the Institute of Public Affairs, be callin’ it the grandest attack on free speech in the history of the land, as if the British be comin’ for their rum!Captain Rowland, the Communications Minister, declared this legislation a shield against the dastardly misinformation that be threatenin’ the safety of Aussie landlubbers! With fines as fierce as a Kraken’s grip, tech companies be warned to keep their ships clean of misinformation or face the consequences. Doxxing, that scurrilous act of sharin' private info, might land ye in the brig for seven long years!
But hark! Elon Musk be callin’ the government a band of "fascists," while the Assistant Treasurer be pushin' back, claimin’ it’s all about keepin’ the good people safe from scallywags. A storm brews over this issue, as the lot of them be squabblin’ like crows over a carcass, while freedom-loving pirates ponder the fate of their speech on the high seas of the internet!