{"id":986,"date":"2025-12-07T08:09:24","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T08:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/muncbiz.com\/socialmedia\/?p=986"},"modified":"2025-12-07T08:09:24","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T08:09:24","slug":"labors-depressing-social-media-ban-seen-as-a-political-tool-to-inhibit-free-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/muncbiz.com\/socialmedia\/?p=986","title":{"rendered":"Labor\u2019s \u2018depressing\u2019 social media ban seen as a political tool to \u2018inhibit\u2019 free speech"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iUHQym0rihI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Sky News host Rita Panahi blasts Labor\u2019s \u201cdepressing\u201d social media ban as a tool to \u201csuppress\u201d free expression and speech.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve spoken at length on this program about the dangers of this legislation and how it\u2019s going to be used to limit access to credible news, to different forms of communication,\u201d Ms Panahi said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s going to inhibit people\u2019s free speech and free expression, and not just the under-16s. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you don\u2019t understand that this is political and how it\u2019s going to be used in the future to suppress free expression and speech further, then it\u2019s quite depressing.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sky News host Rita Panahi blasts Labor\u2019s \u201cdepressing\u201d social media ban as a tool to \u201csuppress\u201d free expression and speech. 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