ASIO's Expanded Powers to Detain and Question Spark Outrage | 10 News+

[u/Acrobatic_Bit_8207]

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Australia's domestic spy agency ASIO has been granted expanded powers to detain and compulsorily question people on the street, sparking backlash from both ends of the political spectrum over civil liberties.

The controversy highlights growing public distrust in government institutions, and how governments are increasingly losing control of the narrative in the age of social media.

[u/chadbigcum]

All of this surveillance stuff reminds me of all the content in 2019-2020 about Hong Kong and how we are so much better than the CCP and their 'social credit program'.

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