'No leave passes': PM pledges to work with tech giants to stop online extremism

Prime Minister Scott Morrison says Australia will work with tech companies and like-minded governments to remove online extremist material.

A global working group set up by Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Microsoft will remove extremist content will become an independent watchdog. Source: AAP

 

Australia has pledged to work with tech giants and other countries to remove violent extremist content from the internet.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison made the commitment at a leaders' dialogue - co-chaired by the leaders of New Zealand, France and Jordan - on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

Also at the event, it was announced a global working group set up by Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Microsoft to remove extremist content will become an independent watchdog.

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