| Type of harm | Example of serious harm |
|---|---|
| Hatred against a group in Australian society on the basis of ethnicity, nationality, race, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion or physical or mental disability | Misinformation about a group of Australians inciting other persons to commit hate crimes against that group |
| Disruption of public order or society in Australia | Misinformation that encouraged or caused people to vandalise critical communications infrastructure |
| Harm to the integrity of Australian democratic processes or of Commonwealth, State, Territory or local government institutions | Misinformation undermining the impartiality of an Australian electoral management body ahead of an election or a referendum |
| Harm to the health of Australians | Misinformation that caused people to ingest or inject bleach products to treat a viral infection |
| Harm to the Australian environment | Misinformation about water saving measures during a prolonged drought period in a major town or city |
| Economic or financial harm to Australians, the Australian economy or a sector of the Australian economy | Disinformation by a foreign actor targeting local producers in favour of imported goods |
Most opposition political speech can be categorized as banned misinformation under one or more of these categories, and content platforms will be required to proactively scrub it from the internet before it has a chance to cause a serious harm. "Men aren't women", "the mandatory injection doesn't doesn't stop you getting covid", and "I'm just not sure about those government vote counters..." will all have to go. The government and government-approved MSM outlets (but not independent media outlets) will be exempt.
So, when it is demonstrated that the program was wrong on the decision as to what was disinformation will they not only refund the fines but pay a fine to all who were wrongly accused?
And when the government puts out disinformation will everyone who was affected by it, or otherwise subjected to it, be paid a fine?
Is it a hate crime to falsely accuse someone of having advocated, “Misinformation that caused people to ingest or inject bleach products to treat a viral infection”?
Sounds like one to me.