Australia Expands Orwellian Surveillance State, Ignores Migrant Crime
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In yet a stunning disappointment in supposedly right-wing governments, the federal government of Australia recently passed legislation that will greatly expand the powers of the surveillance state, including but not limited to allowing law enforcement agencies to hack into people’s accounts should they be suspected of engaging in online criminal activity.
In a coincidence that seems too good to be true for ardent followers of meme culture, one of the main proponents of this Orwellian legislation is none other than Australia’s Minister for Home Affairs Karen Andrews. needless to say, it will be determined in the coming months whether Minister Andrews will use these expanded powers to curtail the use of the Karen meme in a way similar to CCP leader Xi Jin Ping’s efforts to curtail online comparisons between him and Winnie The Pooh.
According to The Epoch Times, the legislation grants expansive abilities to the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC) to not just delete data points of citizens they suspect of criminal activity, but also to modify said data whenever they deem it appropriate. And as we all know, any and all government agencies can be trusted to never abuse their expanded powers and manufacture crises to continue expanding them, especially in such an enlightened country like Australia.
full story at https://bigleaguepolitics.com/australia-expands-orwellian-surveillance-state-ignores-migrant-crime/