Australia will punish social media giants for leaving extremist content up

Prime Minister Scott Morrison in Parliament House.

نخست‌وزیر اسکات موریسن در پارلمان آسترالیا Source: AAP

Scott Morrison will meet social media giants to discuss extreme and violent content posted online and proposed legislative remedies.


Tech titans would be breaking Australian law if they didn't take down footage of terrorist acts as soon as they learned about them, under proposed changes the prime minister will put to their top brass.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison will discuss violent offences being broadcast on social media platforms such as Facebook and YouTube during a meeting in Brisbane on Tuesday.

The meeting comes less than two weeks after the Christchurch mosques massacre, in which 50 people were killed.

A video of the terror attack, in which a lone gunman opened fire at two mosques during Friday prayers, was live-streamed on social media.

 

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