A sweeping law could see Australians jailed for three years for posting what’s deemed ‘offensive’ on Facebook in an attempt to protect minority groups.
Queensland’s Labor government has introduced a bill that would dramatically increase the maximum prison sentence for racist, anti-gay, anti-trans or seriously bigoted statements.
Making such statements already carry a maximum six-month jail term, but that would be increased to three years under the new bill.
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Wigglehard@exploding-heads.com · 2 pts · 3y
Australia is asshoe
Grant_M@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 3y
The solution is easy: Just don't disseminate bigotry. Regardless, this article seems extremely suspect. Has this been verified by an official source?
admin@exploding-heads.com · 1 pts · 3y
Legislation in the Parliament.
The 6 month jail term is already law
SJ0@exploding-heads.com · 1 pts · 3y
The west is falling.
Giving the state the ability to jail people for hurt feelings is the exact same as blasphemy laws. It's 0 steps from one to the other, just a matter of which religion you're protecting.