SA Labor gags internet debate (1 Viewer)

[Rafy]

Attorney-General Michael Atkinson vows to repeal election internet censorship law amid reader furore | Adelaide Now

ATTORNEY-GENERAL Michael Atkinson has made a "humiliating" backdown and announced he will retrospectively repeal his law censoring internet comment on the state election.

After a furious reaction on AdelaideNow to The Advertiser's exclusive report on the new laws, Mr Atkinson at 10pm released this statement: "From the feedback we've received through AdelaideNow, the blogging generation believes that the law supported by all MPs and all political parties is unduly restrictive. I have listened.

"I will immediately after the election move to repeal the law retrospectively."

Mr Atkinson said the law would not be enforced for comments posted on AdelaideNow during the upcoming election campaign, even though it was technically applicable.

 

[jennyfromdabloc]

wow, finally some good news.

thank fuck for the internet.

 

[aussie-boy]

Accountability is an extremely important aspect of the freedom of speech concept

Otherwise you need defamation laws, incitement laws etc to restrict the bs that "ppl" come out with - and these kind of restrictions are tedious to enforce and very inefficient

 

[SnowFox]

Attorney-General Michael Atkinson vows to repeal election internet censorship law amid reader furore | Adelaide Now

Watch how many R18+ supporters rip him a new asshole now.

 

[Lentern]

Watch how many R18+ supporters rip him a new asshole now.

What is that a half a dozen keyboard warriors from Adelaide?

 

[Riet]

This is what happens when you don't have a constitution that explicitly protects freedom of speech.

 

[Anonymous-]

Doesnt this bloke resemble someone?

yeah m8, that ad infinitum /comingupforair cunt face.

 

[pman]

Attorney-General Michael Atkinson vows to repeal election internet censorship law amid reader furore | Adelaide Now

so we'll tell you we won't enforce it but if we fail to repeal it, we will

 

[jb_nc]

This is what happens when you don't have a constitution that explicitly protects freedom of speech.

thank there m8y, didn't realise that one