An Australian Muslim advocacy group has taken action against Twitter, alleging the social media giant failed to remove more than 400 examples of content from its platform that showed 'a pattern of hatred' towards the Muslim community.
Twitter has been accused of failing to remove more than 400 pieces of content that claim to incite hatred towards Muslims.An Australian Muslim advocacy group has taken action against Twitter, alleging the social media giant failed to remove more than 400 examples of content from its platform that showed "a pattern of hatred" towards the Muslim community.
"It's all the same narrative that we've seen in terrorist manifestos and it's being spread through these disinformation operations," AMAN legal adviser Rita Jabri Markwell told SBS News. This is the second time AMAN has lodged a complaint in Queensland, with former senator Fraser Anning ordered by the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal to remove 141 hateful posts in 2021 after posting content deemed to incite hatred. Of those, 55 were published on Twitter and were not taken down until legal orders were made.
But AMAN has argued that Twitter's community guidelines do not match the human rights granted to Australians set out in section 124A of the state's Anti-Discrimination Act.Victoria has banned the Nazi swastika. Faith groups say their ‘sacred symbol’ will be liberated
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