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Australia’s Ultimatum: Elon Musk’s Twitter Has 28 Days to Combat ‘Online Hate’ or Face Hefty Fines
Breitbart.com ^ | 6/22/2023 | LUCAS NOLAN

Posted on 06/22/2023 2:36:59 PM PDT by Beave Meister

Elon Musk’s Twitter faces a 28-day ultimatum from Australia’s internet safety watchdog to take decisive action against what it considers online abuse and “hate speech,” or face daily fines of $475,000.

France24 reports that Julie Inman Grant, Australia’s eSafety commissioner, has issued a stern warning to Twitter in a move to muzzle free speech. Twitter has been given 28 days to prove that it is serious about combating what Australia considers online abuse and “hate speech.” There could be daily fines of $700,000 AUD ($475,000 USD) for noncompliance.

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KEYWORDS: aussie; aussies; australia; censorship; elon; elonmusk; enemynation; esafety; freespeech; hate; hatecrimes; julieinmangrant; liberalssuck; musk; socialmedia; twitter; woke; wokeness
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To: Beave Meister

If the servers are located outside Australia, does Australia have any jurisdiction?


41 posted on 06/22/2023 3:15:06 PM PDT by Angelino97
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To: Beave Meister

Exactly.


42 posted on 06/22/2023 3:17:31 PM PDT by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: Rurudyne

That’s right!


43 posted on 06/22/2023 3:18:13 PM PDT by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: dfwgator

Indeed.


44 posted on 06/22/2023 3:18:38 PM PDT by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: dfwgator

The Aboriginies are the civilized ones!

Major Charles Emerson Winchester


45 posted on 06/22/2023 3:20:21 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Beave Meister

“Australia’s eSafety commissioner”

Only under Anarcho-tyranny can such a thing exist.


46 posted on 06/22/2023 3:20:32 PM PDT by cdcdawg (Our empire of sodomy is failing as it should. How else could it go? )
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To: tomkat

The obamian death to America agenda went global about 10 years ago.

Its the marxist muslim alliance and their war on white western Europeans christians and their advancements labeled as capitalist.

This is the mentality of the deep state and its influence in the world.


47 posted on 06/22/2023 3:21:47 PM PDT by himno hero (had'nff)
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To: SaveFerris

Thanks. I’ll be here all week. 😁👍


48 posted on 06/22/2023 3:22:07 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉)
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To: Beave Meister

Stupid. Who gets to define hate? Oh yeah, the fascist.


49 posted on 06/22/2023 3:22:23 PM PDT by Fledermaus (It's time to get rid of the Three McStooges; Mitch, Kevin and Ronna!)
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To: mass55th

“a country that turned itself back into a penal colony,”

That has amazed me — they way they caved to totalitarians considering their roots. If any countries should extremely balk they SHOULD be America and Australia.


50 posted on 06/22/2023 3:22:53 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam
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To: mewzilla

Please specify who we can hate and who is off limits first.


51 posted on 06/22/2023 3:23:06 PM PDT by midwest_hiker
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To: Beave Meister

He’s cutting down the kiddie porn Twitter tolerated. Twitter was fine portraying conservative Christians as KKK members who should not be allowed to live. Twitter smiled on those posts saying the unvaxxed should be allowed to die etc.


52 posted on 06/22/2023 3:24:01 PM PDT by ransomnote (IN GOD WE TRUST)
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To: rktman

Try the steak 🥩!

And our new salad 🥗 bar!


53 posted on 06/22/2023 3:24:11 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: SaveFerris

The buffet is awesome!


54 posted on 06/22/2023 3:25:28 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉)
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To: Boogieman

No - it’s a game of chicken:

1. Australia threatens to fine Twitter if it does not censor “hate speech”.
2. Musk ignores the threat and changes nothing.
3. Australia informs Twitter it owes $$$$ in fines.
4. Musk ignores the fines as well.

What is Australia’s recourse? Nothing.

The only leverage Australia has over Twitter is if Musk values having access to the Australian markets enough to a) pay the fines, or b) censor the “hate speech”. If he doesn’t care about access to the Australian markets, he doesn’t have to change anything - it’s up to Australia to block its own citizens if it so chooses.

All Australia can do is.boot Twitter off Australian soil (if there is even a physical presence) and off of Australian airwaves - it can’t compel Musk to censor or to pay fines.


55 posted on 06/22/2023 3:26:43 PM PDT by enumerated (81 million votes my ass)
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To: TexasFreeper2009

End them!!


56 posted on 06/22/2023 3:28:11 PM PDT by Osage Orange
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To: mewzilla
And the US isn’t the only country now controlled by its Deep State.

No, but our Deep State calls the shots. If the U.S. opposed Australia's "hate speech" laws, the Aussies would back down.

This is also an example of the U.S. govt outsourcing censorship. The First Amendment prohibits the U.S. govt from censoring, so it has private companies and foreign govts do it for them.

57 posted on 06/22/2023 3:29:12 PM PDT by Angelino97
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To: tomkat

I believe it’s the other way around.....


58 posted on 06/22/2023 3:29:47 PM PDT by Osage Orange
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To: Gay State Conservative

Been happening a long time now..............with OZ


59 posted on 06/22/2023 3:33:15 PM PDT by Osage Orange
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To: Steely Tom

A friend of mine worked for years in Australia in the 70s and 80s. He liked to tell Aussies that even though they spoke English they were still a third-world country.


60 posted on 06/22/2023 3:34:24 PM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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