Joggers aren’t required to wear a helmet in Australia. A sign shared in a Facebook post was created as satire in 2017 by an art collective worried about the country’s “nanny state.”
and border restrictions in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. But well before that, some residents were critical of government overreach.
In 2017, a group of satirical artists began placing fake government signs in Sydney about strange new rules, such as requiringshowed a photo of a sign that read,"All joggers must wear a helmet." A caption with the photo criticized Australia for the supposed rule. The post was flagged as part of Facebook’s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed.
Much like this Facebook post, some people took the jogging sign seriously in 2017, according to articles in the
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