{"id":69470,"date":"2025-03-25T14:18:22","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T13:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/?p=69470"},"modified":"2025-03-28T10:28:59","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T09:28:59","slug":"billboard-chris-fined-after-street-conversation-brisbane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/news\/billboard-chris-fined-for-street-conversation","title":{"rendered":"\u201cBillboard Chris\u201d fined, threatened with arrest in Brisbane days ahead of \u201cultimate\u201d court challenge against government online censorship"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"69470\" class=\"elementor elementor-69470\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1fc08003 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1fc08003\" data-element_type=\"section\" 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data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335557856&quot;:16185078,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:45,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li><span data-contrast=\"none\">Musk\u2019s \u201cX\u201d and Canadian \u201cBillboard Chris\u201d to bring case against Australian \u201ceSafety Commissioner\u201d over censored post, March 31<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">st<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">-April 4<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">th<\/span><\/li><li><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cBillboard Chris\u201d forcibly moved while having street conversations in Brisbane days ahead of hearing<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73f7669c elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-featured-image elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"73f7669c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">MELBOURNE (25 March 2025) \u2013 <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Canadian internet sensation and children\u2019s safety campaigner \u201cBillboard Chris\u201d was threatened with arrest, fined 806 Australian Dollars (AUD), and forcibly moved in Brisbane today after conducting consensual conversations with members of the Australian public.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:45,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BillboardChris\/status\/1904411432671736122\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Video footage<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\"> shows Chris E<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">lston, who has almost 500k followers on social media platform \u201cX\u201d, freely invite conversations with memb<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">ers of the public in an open area in Brisbane city center.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559737&quot;:45,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The campaigner wore a sign saying \u201c<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">children cannot consent to puberty blockers<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201d as a means of inviting open conversation and debate on this topic.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559737&quot;:45,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Despite the video footage showing that the public could freely move around Elston and choose whether or not to engage in conversation, the Canadian dad of two was nevertheless accused of \u201cobstructing people\u201d, issued the fine, and forcibly removed from the area by police.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559737&quot;:45,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">The \u201clitmus test\u201d case for international free speech<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559737&quot;:45,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Chris Elston is currently in Australia for a legal free speech challenge which has been described as a \u201clitmus test\u201d for the international protection of the right to free speech against government censorship.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559737&quot;:45,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">On 28 February 2024, Elston took to \u201cX\u201d to share a Daily Mail article titled \u201c<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Kinky secrets of UN trans expert REVEALED<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201d.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559737&quot;:45,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The article, and accompanying tweet, criticised the appointment of Australian transgender activist Teddy Cook to a World Health Organization \u201cpanel of experts\u201d set to advise on global transgender policy.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559737&quot;:45,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Cook complained about the post to Australia\u2019s eSafety Commissioner, who requested that \u201cX\u201d remove the content. The social media platform owned by free speech advocate Elon Musk initially refused, but following a subsequent formal removal order from the Commissioner, later geo-blocked the content in Australia. X has since also filed an appeal against the order at the Administrative Review Tribunal in Melbourne.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559737&quot;:45,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Billboard Chris, with the support of ADF International and the Australian Human Rights Law Alliance, and alongside Elon Musk\u2019s \u201cX\u201d, is appealing the violation of his right to peacefully share his convictions.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559737&quot;:45,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The case will be heard in Melbourne for five days on the week beginning March 31st.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559737&quot;:45,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Members of the public are invited to support Chris\u2019s legal case here: h<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/campaign\/support-billboard-chris\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">ttps:\/\/adfinternational.org\/campaign\/support-billboard-chris\u00a0<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559737&quot;:45,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Chris Elston, a.k.a \u201cBillboard Chris\u201d, commented:<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559737&quot;:45,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cNo child has ever been born in the wrong body. As a father, I have grave concerns about the impact of harmful gender ideology on our children\u2019s wellbeing. This reality is being increasingly recognised around the world, with government after government ordering a review into the use of toxic puberty blockers. This is a serious issue with real world implications for families across the globe and we need to be able to discuss it.<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559737&quot;:45,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cChildren struggling with distress regarding their sex deserve better than \u2018guidelines\u2019 written by activists who only want to push them in one directio<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">n.&#8221;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559737&quot;:45,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Ahead of the court date, <\/span><\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/our-team\/robert-clarke\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Robert Clarke<\/span><\/b><\/a><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">, Director of Advocacy for ADF International, who is serving as part of Billboard Chris\u2019s legal team, said:<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559737&quot;:45,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cThis significant legal showdown with Australian authorities represents a litmus test for free speech in a world seeing increasing push back against global censorship.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559737&quot;:45,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cWe\u2019re used to hearing about governments silencing or punishing citizens for their \u2018wrong\u2019 speech in parts of the world with strict blasphemy laws \u2013 but now, from Australia, to Mexico, to across the EU, we see Western governments increasingly take authoritarian steps to shut down views they don\u2019t like, often by branding them as \u201coffensive\u201d, \u201chateful\u201d, or \u201cmisinformation.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559737&quot;:45,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cIn a free society, ideas should be challenged with ideas, not state censorship. For years, Chris has been speaking an important truth to which many in Australia are now waking up \u2013 children cannot consent to puberty blockers.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559737&quot;:45,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">We\u2019re proud to stand with Billboard Chris in defending the right to live and speak the truth.\u201d<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559737&quot;:45,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38a7fbdc elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"38a7fbdc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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