Australia is so far on the dark side now...
#^New surveillance laws give authorities the power to change social media postsThe bill introduces three new powers for law-enforcement agencies:
1. “data disruption warrants†allow authorities to “disrupt data†by copying, deleting, or modifying data as they see fit
2. “network activity warrants†permit the collection of intelligence from devices or networks that are used, or likely to be used, by subject of the warrant
3. “account takeover warrants†let agencies take control of an online account (such as a social media account) to gather information for an investigation.
There is also an “emergency authorization†procedure that allows these activities without a warrant under certain circumstances.
