Who is going to announce that the government cut comms due to the activities of it's citizens protesting against it?
This type of thing falls firmly under military actions and opsec. Telling communications are cut will not helpthe government of Australia to stop their citizens protesting. Announcing it would instead do the following:
...1) Show that the protest movement is significant enough that outside of total communication blackout, the government did not believe they could contain the actions of the protesters.
...2) Embolden the protesters as they will come to realize that the government is being significantly impacted by the protest actions of a few hundred truckers.
...3) Encourage everyone who is taking a wait and see on if others did go out to protest to also go out as they cannot rely on knowing if it is happening from normal communication methods.
Since Australia has given their own law enforcement the legal ability to hack and alter citizens communications, it is clear the government knows the population is going to revolt against their overreach. The government is playing every card it can think of to prevent the movement from growing or continuing. It is trying to prevent the people from gaining more power by demoralizing everybody before the movement gains critical mass and removes the usurpers claiming authority over the people.
Who is going to announce that the government cut comms due to the activities of it's citizens protesting against it?
This type of thing falls firmly under military actions and opsec. Telling communications are cut will not helpthe government of Australia to stop their citizens protesting. Announcing it would instead do the following:
...1) Show that the protest movement is significant enough that outside of total communication blackout, the government did not believe they could contain the actions of the protesters.
...2) Embolden the protesters as they will come to realize that the government is being significantly impacted by the protest actions of a few hundred truckers.
...3) Encourage everyone who is taking a wait and see on if others did go out to protest to also go out as they cannot rely on knowing if it is happening from normal communication methods.
Since Australia has given their own law enforcement the legal ability to hack and alter citizens communications, it is clear the government knows the population is going to revolt against their overreach. The government is playing every card it can think of to prevent the movement from growing or continuing. It is trying to prevent the people from gaining more power by demoralizing everybody before the movement gains critical mass and removes the usurpers claiming authority over the people.