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Misinformation Laws Not Necessary, Says Meth Addict Peter Dutton (theshovel.com.au)

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[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 5 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

"can get" implies there's examples of like misinfo laws becoming orwellian. I cannot find such examples. Laws that penalize people for knowingly lying for profit, clout, etc tend to curb bombastic discourse. These standards are common in defamation suits. Extending them to more media makes sense.

What's always orwellian is like anti terrorism laws where laws intended to curb oppositional rhetoric or groups become applied on large swaths of people.

The actual laws they prosecuted Assange for, for instance were anti espionage laws if I recall.

[–] Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 1 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Obvious examples are countries like Russia, China, North Korea, etc. Russia specifically passed laws banning misinformation in 2020, and later fined google millions of dollars over it.