Australian Ministers Urge Stricter Online Censorship of ‘Misogynistic’ Speech
The Australian government’s commitment to online censorship is playing out in yet another way – the perceived harmful influence social platforms have on young men and boys.
Aligned media outlets agree these sites are showing too much content that is branded as misogynistic and promoting harmful gender stereotypes.
Meanwhile, government ministers want to see the companies behind platforms “do” (aka, censor) more.
Communications Minister Michelle Rowland, known for her pro-censorship stance, and Social Services Minister Amanda Rishworth are both quoted in a Guardian article about an “experiment” the outlet carried out by setting up fake accounts representing “generic 24-year-old males” on Facebook and Instagram.
The accounts did not interact – the goal was to see what would be showing up in their algorithmically-recommended feeds. And that the device and the email used to sign up were new, was apparently enough for the Guardian to believe they were safe from Meta’s tracking.
The article’s conclusion is that over the following several months, the feeds started to “veer into more highly sexist content,” especially on Facebook.
But it looks like the majority were memes about sitcoms, Star Wars, “dudebro” memes, Daily Mail, etc., news posts, while Instagram’s biggest “offense” seems to have been showing images of “scantily-clad women.”
The Guardian notes Meta explaining that its algorithms rank content based on interest – and it would appear that when all the algorithm knows about a “user” is that they are a “generic 24-year-old male” – that’s the sort of content it guesses they would want to see.
But, it seems that government officials in Australia would like those algorithms rewritten – to steer young men away from what some observers call “manosphere” and into more desirable areas of the internet.
The report puts it this way: there is “a $3.5 million, 3-year trial to counteract the harmful impacts of social media messaging targeting young men and boys.”
“We’re seeing misogynistic content pushed to young people through algorithms and recommender systems on social media. This is simply not good enough,” Michelle Rowland said.
She added that the government wants platforms to “take reasonable steps to ensure Australians can use their services in a safe manner, and to proactively minimize unlawful and harmful material and activity on their services.”
Although the Guardian’s “experiment” did not result in content condoning violence against women showing up in the dummy accounts’ feeds, Amanda Rishworth offered a dramatic take on the situation by adding that into the mix that was her reaction.
“Around 25% of teenage boys in Australia look up to social media personalities who perpetuate harmful gender stereotypes and condone violence against women – this is shocking,” she is quoted as saying.
Bodycam Footage Exposes Secret Service Documenting Trump Shooting Without Intervening
Bombshell newly released bodycam footage from the rooftop after the Trump assassination attempt reveals that Secret Service agents captured multiple photos of Matthew Thomas Crooks before he opened fire on President Trump. The new revelation […]
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EXCLUSIVE: MTG Says Globalist Coup Against America Now In Full Swing After Failure To Assassinate Trump
US Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) joins Alex Jones live to break down the latest information that has emerged about the Deep State’s failed attempt to assassinate former President Donald Trump.
EXCLUSIVE: MTG Says Globalist Coup Against America Now In Full Swing After Failure To Assassinate Trump@REPMTG pic.twitter.com/jrek4ByAKg
— Alex Jones (@RealAlexJones) July 23, 2024
New Footage of Trump Shooting Aftermath Released, GOP Senator Demands Inquiry
Footage released by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) on Tuesday shows law enforcement agencies attempting to suss out the details of the failed attempt on Donald Trump’s life.
Bodycam footage, obtained from Beaver County Emergency Services through a congressional Freedom of Information Act request, shows Secret Service agents atop the roof where Thomas Matthew Crooks managed to fire several rounds at Trump.
SENSITIVE CONTENT: July 13 Bodycam footage provides more info than Secret Service will share w America We NEED detailed answers ASAP on security failures TRANSPARENCY BRINGS ACCOUNTABILITY
— Chuck Grassley (@ChuckGrassley) July 23, 2024
Vid obtained from Beaver Co Emergency Services Unit in compliance w congressional requests pic.twitter.com/GYsDdBj7kV
In the video, Thomas’ corpse can be seen laying on the roof with blood streaming down from his body as Secret Service agents discuss whether a nearby bike belonged to him.
A Secret Service agent also inquires if officers know about another suspect who was detained and said to be the owner of the bike, to which the officers responded they were unaware.
“Bodycam footage provides more info than Secret Service will share w America,” Grassley wrote on X, adding, “We NEED detailed answers ASAP on security failures, TRANSPARENCY BRINGS ACCOUNTABILITY.”
NEW My office has obtained docs from law enforcement on July 13 assassination attempt of Pres Trump I’m writing Secret Service Acting Dir Rowe & DHS Scty Mayorkas AGAIN 2get badly needed answers/clarity pic.twitter.com/LyQMzYGCkD
— Chuck Grassley (@ChuckGrassley) July 23, 2024
Alex Jones Issues Emergency Warning To Trump: Deep State Must Kill You To Defeat America — Must Go On Offense!
The globalist Deep State is so desperate to maintain power they will undoubtedly make another attempt on Donald Trump’s life, Alex Jones warns.
Trump must continue to catch them flatfooted by launching volleys in the information war, rally the people to defend him, and torch them with the fires of truth.
Alex Jones Issues Emergency Warning To Trump
— Alex Jones (@RealAlexJones) July 23, 2024
The Deep State Must Kill You To Defeat America
Trump Must Go On The Offense pic.twitter.com/NTAZqjhFoK
Top Doctors Warn Lipid Nanoparticles in mRNA Jabs Cause Severe Illness and Death
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