By Marta Jary For Every day Mail Australia
13:36 25 Feb 2024, up to date 14:21 25 Feb 2024
Australia has been condemned as a ‘police state’ and an ‘Orwellian dystopia’ after followers seen an odd signal at Taylor Swift‘s Sydney live performance on Sunday evening.
In posts shared to X, Swifties, most of them from the US, condemned a placard that learn ‘report delinquent behaviour’ posted at Accor stadium, the place the American pop famous person is performing a complete of 4 live shows.
Indicators encouraging folks to ‘report delinquent behaviour’ are sometimes seen in stadiums at massive sporting and music occasions in Australia.
A clip of Taylor acting on stage with the discover within the background prompted outrage on the social media web site this weekend.
‘Australia is a police state,’ wrote an American X person, alongside the unique video and a screenshot through which the offending signal was circled.
‘I noticed that, made my hairs arise,’ replied yet another, whereas one other chimed in, ‘They gave up their weapons and are actually paying for it.’
‘Oh my God! That is scary as hell. I’ve by no means seen something extra terrifying if that is not only a meme,’ one other mentioned.
‘Each science fiction dystopian energy riddled Nazi oppressive consequence multi function billboard message. My God that is the signal of finish instances,’ they continued.
‘I at all times wished to go to Australia, I am afraid to now!’ another person wrote with yet another including, ‘It is like we’re residing in a Orwellian dystopia’.
‘Delinquent conduct sounds tremendous imprecise… Absolutely anything will be interpreted as that. You understand you reside in a police state if the state encourages residents to snitch on one another on basic items like this,’ another person wrote.
‘They’re telling their residents to snitch at one another. It jogs my memory of my outdated nation beneath communism,’ yet another mentioned.
Taylor carried out the third of her 4 Sydney live shows at Accor stadium on Sunday evening, after profitable gigs on Friday and Saturday.
Her sold-out exhibits have attracted 80,000 followers per evening along with A-list company which have included Rita Ora, Katy Perry, Insurgent Wilson and Toni Colette.