A debate that has largely been framed in terms of freedom of speech has become conflated with a whole range of issues that now challenge us: from social cohesion, to terrorism, to domestic violence.
From domestic violence , to terrorism and war, social media is a thread that connects all the issues that now challenge usIt has become a standard, if unfortunate, part of Australian politics in recent years for politicians to pick up and run with some incident to crystallise public sentiment on an issue and let the media debate rage on it.
But we now face a perfect firestorm of issues that both challenge our community cohesion and present us with Australian society in all its ugliness.That makes this particular modus operandi dangerous for both those who might be tempted to practice it — and the rest of us. She is seeking to do that under the powers the parliament granted her — under the Morrison government — in the Online Safety Act in 2021.While there had been a lot of political noise made in the wake of the Bondi attacks 48 hours earlier, about dealing with the disinformation and misinformation that had circulated at the time, social media platforms are currently only subject to voluntary codes of conduct about removing inflammatory commentary and misinformation.
It is instructive to look at comments Dutton made on April 8 — before the Sydney attacks — about social media and its role in facilitating things like young people posting crimes, like house breaking or car theft, online. "They're allowing paedophiles to distribute through their networks, images and videos of children being sexually abused, they're impeding the investigations of the police."This issue of removing explicit content is the same one Inman-Grant is trying to deal with over the bishop's stabbing.
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