Aussie PM calls for G20-wide social media crackdown

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Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison is calling for a G20-wide crackdown on internet and social media giants like Google, Facebook and Twitter.

 

In the wake of the Christchurch mosque shootings, the Aussie PM has written to Japanese Minister Shinzo Abe, who will host the G20 summit in June, asking for a crackdown to be a top agenda item, according to correspondence leaked to The Australian.

 

The G20 is an annual meeting of the world's 19 largest economies plus the EU.

 

Morrison's letter questions the "un­restricted role played by internet technologies in this and other ­terrorist attacks".

 

He calls on G20 leaders to ­"ensure that there are clear consequences, not only for those who carry out such horrific acts, but for those who facilitate them".

 

In what is being seen as a clear reference to Facebook, Twitter and Google-owned YouTube, Morrison said tech giants should be compelled to act more swiftly in "removing of content by actors who encourage, normalise, recruit, facilitate or commit terrorist and violent ­activities".

 

"It is unacceptable to treat the internet as an ungoverned space," he wrote.

 

"It is imperative that the global community works together to ensure that technology firms meet their moral obligation to protect the communities which they serve and from which they profit.

 

"The notion of the law applying equally online as it does offline was an underlying principle. In 2018, G20 leaders ­restated their commitment to full implementation of the Hamburg Statement."

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The police said a special armed tactical unit arrived at Al Noor Mosque four minutes after the first officers, or 10 minutes after the initial emergency call.

Mr. Cahill said it normally would have taken longer, with team members summoned to a police station to suit up. On Friday, though, they happened to be in a training session in the city center and wearing their gear, he said.

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