Australia threatens social media firms with fines, jail for violent content

Australia to fine social media firms on failure to remove violent content “expeditiously”

Attorney-General Christian Porter and Minister for Communications Mitch Fifield during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia. April 4, 2019.

The new law is in response to a lone gunman attack on two mosques in Christchurch on March 15, killing 50 people as they attended Friday prayers. Australian Brenton Tarrant, 28, a suspected white supremacist, has been charged with one murder following the attack and was remanded without a plea. He is due back in court on April 5, when police said he is toIt is now an offence in Australia for companies, such as Facebook Inc and Alphabet’s Google, which owns YouTube, not to remove any videos or photographs that show murder, torture or rape without delay.

Australia’s opposition Labor party backed the legislation, but said it will consult with the technology industry over possible amendments if it wins power at an election due in May.

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