An Australian censorship bill went up in smoke over the weekend after it received abysmal support from the Australian Senate.
The Australian government announced Sunday that it had withdrawn a bill that would have fined tech platforms up to 5 percent their of global revenue if they allowed the spread of alleged “misinformation” online, Reuters reported. Opposition Spokesman and member of Parliament David Coleman said in a statement that “This bill would have had the effect of suppressing the free speech of everyday Australians, as platforms would have censored online content to avoid the threat of big fines.” He went so far as to say that the bill “betrayed our democracy.”
Opposition leader Peter Dutton also highlightedthe fact that the failed legislation aimed “to make government and unelected bureaucrats the arbiters of truth.”
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