Prime Minister Scott Morrison has draft, and with the support of Labor Opposition has passed new controversial laws which could see tech companies face a number of penalties including jail for company executives, if they host violent videos on their platforms.
Attorney-General Christian Porter said on thursday, that ‘platforms such as YouTube, Twitter and Facebook , do not seem to take their responsibility to not show the most abhorrently violent material seriously,’
The Digital Industry Group, which represents several tech companies in Australia, critised these new laws saying firms were already committed to removing violent content quickly, and that due to the sheer volume of content uploaded every second, the problem is far more complex then these laws suggest.