Australian federal ministers have criticised social media companies for suspending US President Donald Trump’s accounts in a growing debate over censorship following last week’s mob violence at the United States Capitol, writes CroweDM
Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg said the decision was taken because Mr Trump had decided to “undermine the peaceful and lawful transition” to his elected successor, Joe Biden.
Labor treasury spokesman Jim Chalmers said ministers should reject “dangerous” public comments from Liberal and Nationals MPs who spread misinformation about the US election. Speaking on ABC Radio National on Monday morning, Mr McCormack said: “It is unfortunate that we have seen the events at the Capitol Hill that we’ve seen in recent days, similar to those race riots that we saw around the country last year.”
“To call the Black Lives Matters movement ‘race riots’ proves that the acting Prime Minister ignored the incredibly important message that it shared,” Mr Hunter said.