Australia to introduce new laws to force media platforms to unmask online trolls

Australian govt vows to unmask online trolls

“The online world should not be a wild west where bots and bigots and trolls" can harm people, says Prime Minister Scott Morrison.

Australian government vows to unmask online trolls

Australia's government said Sunday it will introduce legislation to unmask online trolls, and hold social media giants like Facebook and Twitter responsible for identifying them. Prime Minister Scott Morrison, whose conservative coalition government faces an election in the first half of 2022, said the law would protect Australians from online…

Australian PM proposes defamation laws forcing social platforms to unmask trolls

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison is introducing new defamation laws that would force online platforms to reveal the identities of trolls, or else pay the price of defamation. As ABC News Australia explains, the laws would hold social platforms, like Facebook or Twitter, accountable for defamatory comments made against users.Platforms will also have to create a complaint system that people can use if they feel that they’re a victim of def…

Anonymous online trolls to be unmasked under new law in Australia

New law would force social media platforms to identify online harassers and trolls

Australian law will force social media firms to unmask trolls

Social media giants will be forced to hand over details of anonymous users who make defamatory posts in what the Canberra government claims are world-first mea

Australia to introduce new laws to force media platforms to unmask online trolls

The government has been looking at the extent of the responsibility of platforms, such as Twitter and Facebook, for defamatory material published on their sites and comes after the country's highest court ruled that publishers could be held liable for public comments on online forums.