Friday 5 April 2019

Instagram, Youtube and Facebook could face fines (and jail time) under new Australian laws

Instagram, Youtube and Facebook could face fines (and jail time) under new Australian laws

Executives at Facebook, YouTube and 4Chan could face jail time under new "world-first" laws designed to stop the sharing of violent videos and images on social networks. The legislation, developed in the wake of the Christchurch mosque shooting and passed in the Australian parliament on Thursday local time, targets social networks with hefty fines and even jail terms for company executives if they fail to take down "abhorrent violent material" shared on their platforms.
Read more: https://www.cnet.com/news/instagram-youtube-facebook-could-face-fines-or-jail-time-under-new-australian-laws/?source=Snapzu

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