18 Mar 2019

Paul Brislen: Tech companies responsibility

From Afternoons, 2:22 pm on 18 March 2019

Tech commentator Paul Brislen says social media is complicit in the massacre in Christchurch. A video allegedly posted by the gunman was shared many times, and it took a long time for Facebook and Twitter to intervene. So what responsibility will they take? Can we hold them accountable for allowing hatred on their platforms? Paul looks at whether we can regulate against hate speech. 

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