"18C" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2016, Joshua Forrester, Lorraine Finlay, Augusto ZJoshua Forrester, Lorraine Finlay, Augusto Zimmermann, No Offence Intended: Why 18c Is Wrong",
          "text": "Serious concerns have been raised about 18C's effect on freedom of expression. In this book, the authors argue that s 18C is too broad and too vague to be constitutional.",
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          "ref": "2017, Michael McKenna, Prior admits defeat in 18C uni battle, The Australian (Newspaper)",
          "text": "The woman who pursued a racial discrimination action against Queensland University of Technology has dropped the case, just weeks after she failed in a last-ditch bid to restart her section 18C case against three students."
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        "The section of the Racial Discrimination Act that makes it an offence to \"offend, insult, humiliate or intimidate\" a person of a certain race, colour or national or ethnic origin."
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