Digital platforms must take responsibility for removing terrorist content, G20 leaders say
By James Panichi ( June 30, 2019, 23:56 GMT | Insight) -- Leaders of the world’s top 20 economies have called on Facebook and other digital platforms to do more to ensure that their services aren’t used to facilitate terrorism, marking a success for Australia’s global campaign against technology companies on what its government describes as “abhorrent violent content.” In a statement by the G20 international grouping over the weekend, world leaders urged online platforms to “step up the ambition and pace” of their efforts to prevent terrorist content being “streamed, uploaded or re-uploaded.” In April, Australia introduced new laws that include prison sentences of up to three years for local employees of digital platforms that fail to promptly remove content used by terrorists.Leaders of the world’s top 20 economies have called on Facebook and other digital platforms to do more to ensure that their services aren’t used to facilitate terrorism, marking a success for Australia’s global campaign against technology companies on what its government describes as “abhorrent violent content.”...
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