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Australia says Twitter is top platform for online hate · Elon Musk Podcast

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  Hi everybody and welcome back to the Elon Musk podcast.
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  Today, we're tackling the controversy surrounding
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  Twitter's battle with online hate speech.
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  Following Elon musk's take over now.
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  Since lifting, the ban, on over 62,000 accounts, Twitter has
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  become Australia's most complained about platform.
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  Australia is e-safety. Commissioner is demanding
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  accountability, resulting in a potential for hundred and
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  seventy-five thousand dollar daily fine for non-compliance.
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  And to the nation's Online, safety act in this episode, we
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  explore the tightrope between freedom of speech and The
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  crucial need to limit cyber abuse.
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  Australia's cyber Watchdog. The e-safety commissioner has
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  issued an official notice to Twitter?
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  The microblogging platform from Elon Musk seeking Clarity on how
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  the social media giant is addressing online, heat speech
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  and abuse. And this is because he lifted
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  all of those banned accounts, the e-safety commissioner headed
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  by Julie and Min Grant is ramping up its campaign to hold
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  Twitter accountable. The latest demand from the
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  regulator came after Twitter became the platform with the
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  most complaints, To online hate exceeding, those against
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  Facebook Instagram and even Tick-Tock despite having
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  significantly fewer users in Australia, in mid Grant in her
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  statement, accused Twitter of falling short in managing
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  online. Hate her claim stem from musk's
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  controversial decision to reinstate 62,000 band accounts,
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  some of which belonged to individuals known to propagate
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  Nazi ideologies. Now musk who purchased a
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  platform for forty four billion dollars in October promised a
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  commitment to free speech, which many perceive as the root of the
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  current issue. Inman Grant said, the prevalence
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  of online hate on Twitter is a growing concern.
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  We demand accountability from these platforms to safeguard
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  their users and there can be no accountability without
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  transparency. That's precisely what the legal
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  notice aims to achieve if Twitter fails to respond to the
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  notice within 28 days, it risks a Fine of 700,000 Australian
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  dollars that's 473 480 US dollars every day.
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  Now the company has so far declined to comment on the
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  matter though, the regulator's stern warning, coincides with an
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  escalating debate about race as Australia.
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  Approaches a constitutional referendum later this year, the
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  proposed amendment aims to recognize the rights of
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  indigenous people. Now prominent indigenous
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  television, host stand Grant cited, targeted abuse on Twitter
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  when he announced a break from the media last month.
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  Furthermore National indigenous television decided to pause as
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  activities on a platform, condemning the daily racism and
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  hate in a counters. Now, the e-safety commissioner
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  has asked Twitter to elaborate on the process of reinstating
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  band accounts, its interactions with communities subject to
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  online hate and it's enforcement.
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  I see is prohibiting hateful conduct since must take over in
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  Maine. Grant, a former Twitter
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  executive has noticed, a quote whirring surge of hate online.
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  Any significant increase in reports of serious online abuse.
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  The current scenario suggests Twitter's commitment to free
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  speech may be fostering a more toxic online environment.
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  Now, Twitter's reinstatement of tens of thousands of accounts.
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  Previously, banned under different management has been
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  flagged as a contributing factor to the And hate speech.
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  The reinstatement of those accounts is seemingly emboldened
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  extremists, outrage Peddlers and even neo-nazis.
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  Both domestically and internationally in been Grant
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  has said Australia's Online safety act introduced in 2021
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  and touted as a world. First could see Twitter face a
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  daily fine of up to four hundred and seventy-five thousand
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  dollars, if it doesn't comply. Now, the ACT obliges social
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  media platforms is to ensure user safety, which includes
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  limiting. Cyber abused Australia.
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  Is serious about enforcing this law associate professor in
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  political sociality and deakin University in Melbourne, Josh
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  ruse, held the move stating. If you do business in Australia,
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  you're still subject to Australian legislation
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  especially around hate speech and anti-discrimination.
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  Now, unlike the United States Australia doesn't have a broad
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  constitutional right to free speech.
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  Implementing stricter, defamation laws and Racial
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  discrimination act. These regulations, make it an
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  offence to publicly, offend insult, humiliate, or intimidate
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  a person on the basis of their race, additional protections
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  extend to other categories, like disability gender or sexual
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  identity varying from state to state.
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  Twitter's current policy could contravene these protections
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  according to ruse by allowing language that discriminates
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  against these protected categories and despite Musk
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  stepping aside as CEO recently wanting Linda?
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  Yeah, kirino to the role his past decisions.
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  Have undeniably shaped the current Twitter landscape in
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  April and Analysis by rest of world found that Twitter under
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  musk's ownership complied, fully with 83% of governmental
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  requests compared with 50% previously.
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  Australia has demonstrated its willingness to stand against
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  social media Giants before and in 2021 the government enacted
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  legislation for Certain social media platforms to pay news
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  Organization for Content shared on their sites.
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  Now, this current legal notice is yet another step
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  demonstrating Australia's, commitment to holding social
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  media platforms to higher standards of responsibility and
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  accountability. And Twitter is walking on a thin
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  line here. If they don't comply with this,
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  they're going to have to spend a lot of money with the Australian
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  government, or they can shut down their practice and
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  Australia and not get fined. Yeah, those are pretty much the
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  only two options. So we'll see what happens.
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  Stay tuned because we'll have that information for you.
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