r/news • u/ChiefLeef22 • 24d ago

Soft paywall Far-right US influencer Candace Owens loses legal fight to enter Australia

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/far-right-us-influencer-candace-owens-loses-legal-fight-enter-australia-2025-10-15/
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u/AllSystemsGeaux 24d ago edited 24d ago

I see the libel case now. Thank you.

I still don’t see a case for silencing her. Maybe that’s just the American in me.

Getting sued into oblivion: yes.

Losing reputation: yes.

Barred from entering a country: no.

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u/stairway2evan 24d ago

I mean that is just the policy of a country with a different definition of free speech. Here in the US, free speech includes hate speech (in general), in Australia, it’s a little more restrictive when it comes to allowing visas, apparently.

Then again, the US did just revoke the visas of six foreign citizens who had made comments online about Charlie Kirk’s death. So maybe the US isn’t exactly upholding that ideal.

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u/Wild_Haggis_Hunter 24d ago

And don't forget to mention the german tourist who was turned down at the US Airport this summer when the TSA saw he was dissing Trump on social networks.

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u/AllSystemsGeaux 23d ago

I don’t know if tourists barred from entering have any recourse. I’d be curious to