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A swathe of anti-troll laws are set to enter Federal Parliament this week which are aimed at unmasking people who say shocking and defamatory things online about [redacted by legal] and especially [redacted by legal] but not limited to [redacted by legal], [redacted by legal], [redacted by legal] and the 1999 NRL Grand Final debacle.
One [redacted by legal] who has welcomed the new laws is [redacted by legal], who has been facing a large amount of scrutiny of [redacted by legal] and their apparent disregard from the democratic [redacted by legal] and transparency.
In particular, [redacted by legal].
As one of Australia’s closest regional trading partners, The Philippines plays a pivotal role in Australia’s recovery from the pandemic recession.
It’s something that needs to be considered when addressing [redacted by legal] and the manner in which the democratic process is being largely [redacted by legal] – which goes against the age-old adage that’s spoonfed to concerned citizens – if you have nothing to [redacted by legal], then you have nothing to [redacted by legal].
The new anti-troll laws are designed to combat people who hide behind [redacted by legal] and [redacted by legal], which gives an avenue for those who are [redacted by legal] online to respond and most importantly, to either tie them up in [redacted by legal] for years and financially [redacted by legal] them or to simply [redacted by legal] them.
Interestingly though, however, is the onus of paying [redacted by legal] could be placed up the [redacted by legal] giants who have, in the Prime Minister’s words, created this whole [redacted by legal] gorilla handjob [redacted by legal] mess.
Speaking to The Advocate today about the possible repercussions these laws might have on the anonymous people who enjoy calling sitting members of the Coalition Government names such as [redacted by legal], [redacted by legal], [redacted by legal], [redacted by legal], [redacted by legal], [redacted by legal], [redacted by legal] and handsome thoughtful guy who has a great relationship with his mother, lawyer Glenn Taylor said it will usher in a new era of online accountability.
“It’s true,” he said.
“You can’t just keep going around saying [redacted by legal] is a [redacted by legal] because [redacted by legal] will take you to court and even if they don’t win, you’ll probably end up [redacted by legal] yourself.
“We obviously don’t need a Federal Corruption Watchdog, these laws will do the same job. Nor do we need any tangible action on climate change. These laws make it illegal to anonymously call [redacted by legal] and mouth-breathing [redacted by legal], which is the same thing”
“It should be pretty [redacted by legal] if you ask me.”
The Advocate reached out to the Office of the Prime Minister for comment but only received an outdated version of the 2004 Mydoom computer worm in reply.
More to come.
