March 26, 2019 9:42 PM

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Australia warns social media executives of jail over extremist content

<span style="color: #222222;">Australia warned social media giants on Tuesday that executives could be jailed if they fail to quickly remove extremist material from their platforms.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Prime Minister Scott Morrison met with a number of tech firms today — including Facebook, Twitter and Google — to ask how they planned to keep their platforms from being weaponised by terrorists.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Facebook said it quickly removed a staggering 1.5 million videos of the harrowing viral Christchurch mosque attacks.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">However, Attorney-General Christian Porter said the response from firms during the meeting was not overly satisfactory.</span><br />'' <br />'' <br />''<span style="color: #222222;">Porter said, the government was considering the possibility of jail term for executives as it mulled new laws.</span><br />

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