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Social giants face regulatory backlash

Max Mason
Max MasonSenior courts and crime reporter

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Social media companies risk tough regulation by frustrated governments across the world if they do not eradicate hate content on their platforms, according to top media, privacy and technology lawyers.

Facebook, Google – which owns YouTube – and Twitter have come under renewed pressure for allowing the spread of hate speech and terrorist content on their platform after a white supremacist live-streamed his attack on two mosques in New Zealand that left 50 people dead.

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Max Mason covers insolvency, courts, financial crime, cybercrime and corporate wrongdoing. A Walkley Award winner, Max’s journalism has also received awards from the National Press Club of Australia, the Kennedy Awards and Citibank. Message Max on Signal https://tinyurl.com/MaxMason Connect with Max on Twitter. Email Max at max.mason@afr.com

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