Social media should take down death, rape threats: PM
Key points
- Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says social media platforms should have a responsibility to remove death and rape threats. His comments follow an attack on independent MP Helen Haines, after which parliamentarians of all parties shared details of threats they had received.
- Several said they would support stronger security around electorate offices. Albanese pointed to Labor's proposed digital duty of care, but admitted the government had not achieved what it wanted.
- He said the government would listen to security agencies and work with parliament to keep people safe, calling the level of threats completely unacceptable.
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