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by andrewstuart 1187 days ago
Yeah that’s how they brought in the draconian monitoring laws in Australia.

“To protect the children”….. no one can argue with it without sounding like a pedophile.

And it always comes with an assurance that the dramatic power overreach will never be used for anything else but hunting pedophiles.

But it’s never too long until they’re using it to hunt copyright breakers and all sorts or ordinary crime.