Techlife News – August 10, 2019

Australia’s highest court upheld a government
decision to fire a public servant who used a
pseudonym to criticize government immigration
policy on Twitter.
The High Court’s seven judges unanimously
overturned a lower court’s decision that
Michaela Banerji’s dismissal was not reasonable
and that public service rules around the use
of social media and making public comment
“unacceptably trespassed on the implied
freedom of political communication.”
The Community and Public Sector Union, which
represents public servants, said the decision had
serious implications for free speech and could
potentially affect almost 2 million Australians who
work for the federal, state and local governments.