Divine Angel said:

SCIENCE said:

Dr Haghani said his team last year surveyed more than 1,000 Australians to gauge their level of preparedness for terror attacks in crowded spaces. “One of the things that we realised was that in terms of knowledge of best strategies for survival, people did not score very high,” he said. “Most people, in fact, have not heard of these public campaigns and messaging such as ‘escape, hide and tell’ or things of equivalent nature and I think that is a gap.”

well there we go blaming the victims again

He said if education about what to do during a violent incident was more mainstream, then more people could be equipped with survival strategies. He said a good start would be to roll-out some education programs in schools. “Within a few generations we could have a society that is naturally equipped and public safety savvy … and they can survive better,” he said.

There’s a saga here. Grab a coffee and sit down.

Monday last week, someone submits a tip to Crimestoppers that their cousin’s boyfriend’s roommate’s best friend heard a rumour that bomb was going to be planted at the local Westfield on Friday.

Tuesday, QPS tell Westfield mgmt about the threat, saying it’s not credible buuuuuuut…

Thursday afternoon, QPS do a press conference saying there’s no threat, it’s just disinformation on social media, there’s nothing to worry about. However, ch 7 run the story on their nightly news. Local Facebook groups are sharing a supposed screenshot from a “leaked” (but very obviously AI) message from the police, as well as a faked text message about a terror attack at Westfield.

Friday, peak carpark occupancy was a mere 44%, which is low for a normal day, never mind the Friday before Christmas during school holidays. Approximately half the shops are closed voluntarily as staff are too afraid to come into work just in case. QPS have extra officers around, plus the tactical response team are positioned one minute away. Nothing happened apart from a dude outside the post office asking random strangers if they have drugs they can sell him.

Now, all this is fascinating, but what sticks out to me is that at no point anywhere in either MSM or social media was the QPS press conference mentioned. The other thing which sticks out was the speed at which disinformation was spread and the reaction of the general public to stay away from the centre.

so is the social media ban good or bad