https://news.slashdot.org/story/16/1...a-social-media
Thought Police. Do not talk about what you are not allowed to talk about.Medical Express reports that nurses and midwives promoting anti-vaccination messages in Australia could face punishment including being slapped with a caution and having their ability to practice medicine restricted. Serious cases could be referred to an industry tribunal, where practitioners could face harsher penalties such as having their registration suspended or cancelled. The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia released the vaccination standards in response to what it described as a small number of nurses and midwives promoting anti-vaccination via social media. The statement also urges members of the public to report nurses or midwives promoting anti-vaccination. Promoting false, misleading or deceptive information is an offense under national law and is prosecutable by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency. "The board will consider whether the nurse or midwife has breached their professional obligations and will treat these matters seriously," the statement said. However Dr. Hannah Dahlen, a professor of midwifery at the University of Western Sydney and the spokeswoman for the Australian College of Midwives, worries the crackdown may push people with anti-vaccination views further underground. "The worry is the confirmation bias that can occur, because people might say: 'There you go, this is proof that you can't even have an alternative opinion.' It might in fact just give people more fuel for their belief systems."
To be fair, I've never read Australia's Constitution, so, not sure if / how their Free Speech is protected at all. If it is not, however, absolute evidence for Thought Police. Look, we are all gonna have our opinions on everything. In order for us to to resolve differences, we need to be able to talk about it. It will never be the Popular thing that needs to be afforded the protections of Freedom of Speech, it is the Unpopular thing, so even if people say some things that I personally disagree with, above all else, I absolutely defend their RIGHT to say those things, yes, even Zippy.
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