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Law could see Australians jailed for three years for posting what’s deemed ‘offensive’ on Facebook (endoftheamericandream.com)
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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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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Australia is asshoe

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

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.

[–] Grant_M 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

The solution is easy: Just don't disseminate bigotry. Regardless, this article seems extremely suspect. Has this been verified by an official source?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Legislation in the Parliament.

The 6 month jail term is already law

[–] Grant_M 1 points 2 years ago

Can you provide a link to an official source?