Following the Christchurch terrorist attack, the Australian parliament has passed legislation requiring social media platforms to identify and start removing 'abhorrent violent material' within an hour. "Big social media companies have a responsibility to take every possible action to ensure their technology products are not exploited by murderous terrorists," says prime minister Scott Morrison in a statement. The Sharing of Abhorrent Violent Material bill itself doesn't give a deadline for removal of banned content, defined as terrorist attacks, murders, rape or kidnapping. "The reality here is that there is no easy way to stop people from uploading or sharing links to videos of harmful content. No magic algorithm exists that can distinguish a violent massacre from videos of police brutality."

Source: Forbes April 04, 2019 10:18 UTC