{"id":20614,"date":"2024-01-16T11:08:13","date_gmt":"2024-01-16T18:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/politicalhat.com\/?p=20614"},"modified":"2024-01-16T11:08:13","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T18:08:13","slug":"having-an-incorrect-meme-will-result-in-5-years-of-jail-in-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2024\/01\/16\/having-an-incorrect-meme-will-result-in-5-years-of-jail-in-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"Having An Incorrect Meme Will Result in 5 Years Of Jail In Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5470\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Australia-Free-Speech.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Australia-Free-Speech.jpg 500w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Australia-Free-Speech-300x254.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;People in America often don\u2019t realize how lucky they are to have a 1<sup>st<\/sup> Amendment. In Australia, you can be <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/e_truman1\/status\/1743951023671234899\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">thrown in jail<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/threadreaderapp.com\/thread\/1743951023671234899.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">five years<\/a> if you have books, memes, or other such possessions that are deemed \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/ZoOFm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">violent extremists material<\/a>\u201d, and even goes so far as to declare that otherwise innocent pictures or books could be declared \u201cviolent extremist material\u201d if <i>in combination together<\/i> they are deemed to be so!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea85 YEARS PRISON FOR ACCESSING \u2018VIOLENT EXTREMIST MATERIAL\u2019 ONLINE (unless you\u2019re a fed or journalist)\ud83d\udea8<\/p>\n<p>The new Prohibited Hate Symbols and Other Measures amendment to Counter-Terrorism legislation has outlawed the mere access of so-called violent extremism material online. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/o6yGp6zcn0\">pic.twitter.com\/o6yGp6zcn0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Eugene T, PhD (@e_truman1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/e_truman1\/status\/1743951023671234899?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 7, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This would seem to apply to everything from PDF books, the ordering of books online, and even the storage of memes that could be construed as promoting \u2018violent extremist content\u2019. The irony is that the only exceptions for such possession are for those engaged in\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ViyVmVSrYC\">pic.twitter.com\/ViyVmVSrYC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Eugene T, PhD (@e_truman1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/e_truman1\/status\/1743951032995213442?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 7, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u2026 law enforcement activity and journalistic activity, or activity of a private individual assisting law enforcement. So, the law itself is designed to be abused by police and journalists collaborating together to entrap private citizens. This offence carries a 5yr sentence. RT!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Eugene T, PhD (@e_truman1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/e_truman1\/status\/1743951036338122892?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 7, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><!--more-->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Oh, it gets worse\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cMaterial is also violent extremist material if: it is \u2018reasonable\u2019 to consider the material together with other material; and were all of the material to be taken to be a single item of material, it would constitute violent extremist material.\u201d So they can arbitrarily pair\u2026<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Eugene T, PhD (@e_truman1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/e_truman1\/status\/1743958878910570641?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 7, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u2026 unrelated items together to argue they\u2019re \u2019violent extremist material\u2019. So, would possessing a book in defence of nationalism and then separately an historical photo of some military unit be able to be considered together as \u2018promoting ideology of violence\u2019 and \u2018violent acts\u2019?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Eugene T, PhD (@e_truman1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/e_truman1\/status\/1743959339050922158?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 7, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The law was largely the culmination of relentless campaigning from the chairman of the Anti-Defamation Commission, Dvir Abramovich. In parliament, promotion of the bill was championed by Attorney General Mark Dreyfus. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nRuSzeC3VQ\">pic.twitter.com\/nRuSzeC3VQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Eugene T, PhD (@e_truman1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/e_truman1\/status\/1743968804336799945?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 7, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Furthermore, just posting a photo that features a swastika online is now punishable by 12 months imprisonment. \ud83d\udea8RETWEET THIS IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND DECEPTIVE ATTACK ON PATRIOTS! \ud83d\udea8 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/m8zXm4T03W\">pic.twitter.com\/m8zXm4T03W<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Eugene T, PhD (@e_truman1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/e_truman1\/status\/1743969056687092050?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 7, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This Bill had bipartisan support, and the level of absurdity is such that they exempted the ISIS flag from banned symbols for the Muslim community. Islamic terrorist symbols are okay but pro-White symbols aren\u2019t? Share far and wide\u2757\ufe0fAustralia \ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddfa is under tyrannical control! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XEPS70Je9a\">pic.twitter.com\/XEPS70Je9a<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Eugene T, PhD (@e_truman1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/e_truman1\/status\/1744249206364328095?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 8, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;There but for the grace of the Bill of Rights would go the United States of America.<\/p>\n<p><meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@PoliticHatBlog\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ThePoliticalHat\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Parade of Fans for Houston\u2019s Funeral\"\/><meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"People in America often don\u2019t realize how lucky they are to have a 1st Amendment.  In Australia, you can be thrown in jail for five years if you have books, memes, or other such possessions that are deemed 'violent extgremist material', and even goes so far as to declare that otherwise innocent pictures or books could be declared 'violent extremist material' if in combination together they are deemed to be so!\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Australia-Free-Speech.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;People in America often don\u2019t realize how lucky they are to have a 1st Amendment. In Australia, you can be thrown in jail for five years if you have books, memes, or other such possessions that are deemed \u201cviolent extremists &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2024\/01\/16\/having-an-incorrect-meme-will-result-in-5-years-of-jail-in-australia\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5470,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,29],"tags":[24],"class_list":["post-20614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","category-war-terror","tag-leviathan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20614"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20614\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20615,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20614\/revisions\/20615"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}