Mike Burgess also warns artificial intelligence ‘likely to make radicalisation easier and faster’
Social media companies must do more to stamp out extremism and assist law enforcement to track criminals, the heads of Australia’s federal police and security agencies have urged.
Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Draft notes for speeches from Burgess and Kershaw indicate the law enforcement chiefs do not believe the laws are working as intended. He will say Asio is investigating “a number of Australians” in racist extremist groups using encrypted platforms “to communicate with offshore extremists, sharing vile propaganda, posting tips about homemade weapons and discussing how to provoke a race war”.“Obviously, we and our partners will do everything we can to prevent terrorism or sabotage, so we are expending significant resources to monitor the Australians involved.
Kershaw is expected to say the AFP and other law enforcement agencies have appealed to social media companies to work with them to keep children safe.
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