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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.
Social media should take down death, rape threats: PM
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