Policemen stand guard at Al-Noor mosque after it was reopened in Christchurch, New Zealand, March 23, 2019. REUTERS/Edgar Su
Australia will legislate “tough” new laws to prevent social media platforms from being “weaponised” by terrorists and extremists who may use them to livestream violent crimes, such as the Christchurch terror attack.
The new legislation would be introduced into parliament this week, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said in a joint press release on March 30. New offences will incur penalties of up 10% of a company’s annual turnover and potential prison sentences for executives of social-media companies who fail to act to remove abhorrent violent material from their platforms, with Attorney-General Christian Porter said in the statement.
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