Victoria premier extends statewide lockdown again as Aussie police granted power to covertly hack citizens’ phones and alter data

https://www.rt.com/news/533645-victoria-lockdown-australia-police-data-hack/

Known as the Surveillance Legislation Amendment (Identify and Disrupt) bill, the legislation allows the Australian Federal Police (AFP) to take over, and modify or delete, the accounts of cybercriminal suspects.

Although authorities claim that the law will help crack down on pedophiles, terrorists and drug traffickers, many on social media expressed concern that the extensive powers were further evidence of Australia sliding into authoritarianism.

 

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