Australia: Is liking something on Facebook ‘protected political speech’? It depends – Melissa Castan | Inforrm’s Blog

Posted by Steven Kirby | Aug 23, 2017 | Australia, Digital Rights, Human Resources, In the Press, Law & Legal, Social Media | 0 |

Australians are often surprised to learn that their Constitution contains no right to free speech. Even the right to political speech, which is constitutionally implied, is increasingly complicated…

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