Australia to levy hefty penalties on social media over violent posts

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The Australian Government has moved to take action against social media companies who allow violent posts to appear online. The new law comes on the same day ((Thu Apr 4)) that New Zealand police charged the man accused of the Christchurch Mosque shootings with 50 charges of murder and 39 of attempted murder.



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