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Aus govt monitors media critics, releases private data to “correct the record”

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[Campbell] described an official program of social media surveillance, in which Centrelink monitors social media for critics, and sends private information about those critics to the Minister’s office.
Campbell also described an interpretation of social security law so broad that it effectively adds up to a license for the Department to disclose information against any citizen criticising government policy.
the Department believes it can disclose private data on individuals from other government agencies such as the Australian Tax Office.
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