Australian PM for tackling internet extremism

By AFP
March 20, 2019

SYDNEY: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has called on world leaders to press technology firms to tackle the "ungoverned" space of extremist internet content in the wake of the Christchurch terror attack.

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In a letter published Tuesday, the Australian leader asked the G20 summit host, Japanese PM Shinzo Abe, that the issue be raised when leaders gather in Osaka this June. Morrison is in the middle of a tough re-election campaign, where his party has faced persistent allegations of fuelling anti-migrant sentiment to appeal to voters.

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