“Late last night the Facebook Page, ‘The Common Sense Brigade!’ set up by the FriendlyJordies team to act as a community hub for anti-LNP meme creation was registered as a ‘dangerous organisation’ by Facebook and taken down.”
“The taking down of the page comes a day after it was revealed that FriendlyJordies producer Kristo Langker was arrested by the NSW Police’s Counter Terrorism Fixated Person’s Unit on June 4. Langker, a journalist with a press pass to the NSW Parliament, has been charged with stalking Deputy Premier John Barilaro outside the NSW Parliament hours before his arrest.”
“The video detailing the arrest, released on the FriendlyJordies YouTube channel, was briefly delisted by Google, which meant it was not searchable on YouTube or Google, nor was it visible in the channel’s subscriber feeds.”
“Helen Dalton, Shooters MP for Murray, called for the arrest of Kristo Langker to be referred to the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission, saying that the implications of the arrest “for free speech and civil liberties are extremely disturbing”.”
“NSW Labor MP Sonia Hornery also spoke out against the arrest, writing that “The use of the State’s Counter-Terrorism units to arrest [FriendlyJordies] producer, is unprecedented and outrageous”.”
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