Prime Minister Scott Morrison will discuss violent offences being broadcast on social media platforms such as Facebook and YouTube during a meeting in Brisbane today
A video of the terror attack, in which a lone gunman opened fire at two mosques during Friday prayers, was live-streamed on social media.to not remove such footage as soon as possible, according to The Courier-Mail.The legislation also would allow the government to declare footage of an incident filmed by a perpetrator being hosted on such sites as"abhorrent violent material", creating a separate criminal offence.
"The first user report on the original video came in 29 minutes after the video started, and 12 minutes after the live broadcast ended," Facebook vice president Chris Sonderby said in a statement last week.
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