Australia Says U.S. Plans to Livestream Execution ‘Absolutely Disgusting’
Australia’s government says platforms should keep the planned firing-squad execution off screens as officials say the livestream could expose children to violent content.
- The Albanese government objects to the potential US plan to livestream the execution of Nidal Hasan, stating Australians 'rightly expect that the content won't appear on their screens.'
- US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth vowed last week to execute Hasan by 'a firing squad of soldiers' on December 3, with President Donald Trump backing the broadcast, which would be the first in US history.
- Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young and One Nation MP Barnaby Joyce condemned the plan as 'incredibly shocking and barbaric,' while Amnesty International Australia strategy and advocacy manager Kyinzom Dhongdue called it 'deeply disturbing.'
- ESafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant acknowledged the agency cannot 'proactively prevent' the livestream, while Liberal frontbencher Tim Wilson warned banning content could amount to a 'censorship ban on the internet.'
- Officials noted Trump 'has indicated a final decision has not been made' regarding the broadcast, as Australia maintains a 'longstanding bipartisan position' opposing capital punishment for all people in all circumstances.
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Australia also announced that it does not want to broadcast the public execution of the American who was found guilty of the murder of 13 compatriots at a military base in Texas, the execution announced by President Trump that it will be broadcast live. Faced with Europe, which has already announced that it will sanction the streaming networks that will do this, Australia is trying to take other measures.
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www.kleinezeitung.atThe US Secretary of War wants to show the shooting of a convicted terrorist mass murderer live on the Internet. The EU law on digital services could prevent adults and especially children from having to watch this in Europe.
Lord Of The Rings-inspired defense companies love live-streamed executions
Defense tech industry executives, particularly those inspired by the cruel domination of Sauron, the Dark Lord and ever-present Shadow within the fantasy worlds of J.R.R. Tolkien, are excited to watch a man shot to death on the internet. Per Mother Jones, Palmer Luckey, the co-founder of Anduril, the makers of autonomous killing machines under the banner of Aragorn’s sword from Lord Of The Rings, posted on X his desire to live-stream public exec…
The U.S. government's plans to broadcast the execution of a convicted assassin live on the Internet continues to be subject to international criticism.
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