‘A danger to democracy’: Social media giants in firing line after stabbings failure

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Furious Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones will force social media companies to answer to government after the spread of misinformation had turned a “horrific week into something diabolical”.

Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones and Communications Minister Michelle Rowland have their gaze set on tech giants.NSW Premier Chris Minns on Tuesday savaged the “shocking” failure to remove videos of the stabbing incidents and, which he said spread “like wildfire” after the stabbing of a western Sydney priest on Monday night.

“The events of the last week have been horrific. The spreading of misinformation about these events through social media turns what has been a horrific week into something diabolical.Jones’ damning criticism of social media platforms comes as he helms the tense negotiation between the Albanese government and the $3 trillion owner of Facebook and Instagram, in which Australia may use untested laws to try to force fresh financial deals between Meta to local media firms.

“But … we’re two days into this. It’s more than 48 hours after these images were first projected on social media. There is still some very graphic material that I understand is up on several social media sites. It needs to come down.”

 

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