I met with Senator Malcolm Roberts to discuss my new book and the political landscape around it. We talked about how digital ID and age verification are part of a suite of legislation creating more control and with it, more victims. Senator Roberts spoke of his long term hope for Australia and used the misinformation / disinformation (MAD) bill defeat as an example. In his words “the people woke up and said go to hell!”
“People need to understand that under our constitution, we are the top of the tree. The people are the top of the tree.”
Yet with that hope comes a warning. This policy suite is being pushed by both major parties – the “uniparty”. This requires better use of our preferential voting system to give smaller, privacy focused parties more power. He also shared his views on the crucial role of books in education and his opinion on my new book – Citizen One: The Case Against Digital Identity:
“This is a book about freedom… a marvelous book… a wonderful story. Get hold of it, because this is all about you, and society, and us, and freedom.”
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