Numerous Irish Ministers have suggested that the Irish Constitution says a “woman’s place is in the home” ahead of the referendum – a claim which the Electoral Commission has confirmed is false. Ben Scallan presses Minister Norma Foley about this “constant” misinformation:
Arguments about misinformation cannot be sustained when the Government itself is openly misinforming voters about the consequences of what they are asking the public to vote on.
March 8th referendum
There is scant evidence for the new assertions
After all, everybody knows that misinformation can only come from the hated “far right”, right?
Minister asked if he’s considered how “misinformation” laws could be abused
“It applies to all online information”: Ireland’s Electoral Commission, which has the power to shut down alleged “misinformation” online, clarifies that its powers even extend to mainstream media publications and broadcasters like RTÉ.
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“These risks are serious.”
When they say they would like to combat misinformation, they are saying they would like to regulate what you read, what you watch, what you hear, and what you consume.
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Any honest conversation about misinformation would include the basic fact that the greatest purveyors of misinformation in any democracy – not only Irelands – are elected politicians and unelected political actors.