I have some MAGA friends in NZ who are applauding this decision, so the impression I get is that it's a sop by the government for the conspiracy-theorist side of their support base. They were certainly very happy that from now on no-one would be prevented from spreading the "truth" about how dangerous vaccines are and so on.
In addition, given that the BSA was mostly charged with dealing with (genuinely) objectionable content in public media and complaints about unfair reporting, slander, etc, it seems like an empty gesture to placate the MAGA fan base. They weren't a censorship group, they just made sure that certain minimum standards were maintained, which will now presumably no longer be the case. I'm now waiting for someone to publish a story about how the Communications Minister who approved this is intimate with sheep and abuses small children.
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I have some MAGA friends in NZ who are applauding this decision, so the impression I get is that it's a sop by the government for the conspiracy-theorist side of their support base. They were certainly very happy that from now on no-one would be prevented from spreading the "truth" about how dangerous vaccines are and so on.
In addition, given that the BSA was mostly charged with dealing with (genuinely) objectionable content in public media and complaints about unfair reporting, slander, etc, it seems like an empty gesture to placate the MAGA fan base. They weren't a censorship group, they just made sure that certain minimum standards were maintained, which will now presumably no longer be the case. I'm now waiting for someone to publish a story about how the Communications Minister who approved this is intimate with sheep and abuses small children.