This is a truly devastating loss for the children in Australia...

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[–]alkhd 16 insightful - 2 fun16 insightful - 1 fun17 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Misleading or semi-misleading article at best. The law prohibits naming the victim, you are still allowed to name the convict. It's so newspapers etc do not name rape victims against their will. You are still allowed to tell your story if you wish. If you are above 18 you can afaik give permission to publish your name as well. It's not clear to me if it's technically illegal to publish under your own name if you are under 18 (but I doubt anyone will ever be prosecuted for publishing under their own name if they are under 18, as it would go against the spirit of the law). Due to recent attention, it seems like the law will be rewritten to exclude writing about yourself - as long as you don't write anything that possibly identify other victims.

(1A) A person who publishes or causes to be published any matter that contains any particulars likely to lead to the identification of a person against whom a sexual offence, or an offence where the conduct constituting it consists wholly or partly of taking part, or attempting to take part, in an act of sexual penetration as defined in section 35 of the Crimes Act 1958 , [1] is alleged to have been committed is guilty of an offence, whether or not a proceeding in respect of the alleged offence is pending in a court.

(1CA) If a proceeding for a sexual offence has concluded and resulted in the conviction of the accused for that offence, it is a defence to a charge under subsection (1A) for the accused in relation to the alleged offence under subsection (1A) to prove that the matter was published or caused to be published in accordance with the permission of—

(a) the Supreme Court, the County Court or the Magistrates' Court granted on an application by a person or on the court's own motion; and

(b) if the person against whom the sexual offence was committed is 18 years of age or over, that person.

http://www8.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/legis/vic/consol_act/jpra1958290/s4.html

[–][deleted] 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

What? The media lying about something that hurts its bottom line, namely inability to get more clicks by putting a human face and name to their clickbait rape porn that gets them so many views? Who would've guessed.

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    [–]FediNetizen 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

    Why don't we link to actual sources, but instead post easily falsifable screen shots?

    Well in this case it's because the title is a lie, and the actual law just makes it illegal to publish the names of rape victims in the news without their consent.

    [–][deleted] 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (10 children)

    Holy fucking shit. I doublepuke.

    [–]FediNetizen 6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 2 fun -  (9 children)

    You reacted to a screenshot of a title. You had no idea if the title was clickbait and if the actual legislation made sense. And frankly, the fact that someone posted a screenshot of a title rather than a link to the actual article should have given you pause.

    Maybe next time try to be a little less gullible

    [–][deleted] 3 insightful - 4 fun3 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 4 fun -  (8 children)

    There was a time, a time before people like YOU got here, where people posted pretty much only stuff that was truthful. But eventually trash came to pollute even here. Sigh.

    Anyway, it's not to say I BELIEVE everything shown to me. You're the one who's gullible if you think just because I wrote a one-line comment that I BELIEVE what's written there. Kthxbai.

    [–]FediNetizen 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (7 children)

    Your "truth" is that "SHADOW ARMED FORCES" are going to start killing US citizens. I'd say it's that you have a problem with falling for things that aren't credible, and now people like me are pointing it out.

    [–][deleted] 4 insightful - 5 fun4 insightful - 4 fun5 insightful - 5 fun -  (6 children)

    Your every post drips ill faith. I wrote that as a PREDICTION OF THE FUTURE. How dense are you that you can't realize there is no way to disprove such a prediction unless you've been to the time period ascribed to it. And since no date was given, that means ALL OF ETERNITY.

    I don't fall for things that aren't credible. Proof: nothing you write gains a single iota of credibility in my mind. Because YOU aren't credible. Your ill faith stinks and I bet so do you physically.

    [–]FediNetizen 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

    I don't fall for things that aren't credible.

    Have you forgotten what started this thread already?

    [–][deleted] 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

    Ill faith. I remember it well.

    [–]ballooon 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

    there is no way to disprove such a prediction unless you've been to the time period ascribed to it

    Russel's teapot right there.

    [–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

    Russel's teapot

    No. It's a PREDICTION OF THE FUTURE. It doesn't need to be disprovable. No prediction of the future is disprovable.

    [–]ballooon 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

    By that logic anyone can predict anything, so what's the point?

    [–][deleted] 3 insightful - 4 fun3 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

    Here, let me take you by the hand. Go to the title of the sub, and ... here... Click the "mute sub".

    That's not so hard, is it?

    [–]Yousuck 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

    The world is becoming pedo friendly.Good,good.