Opposition bill would outlaw ‘posting and boasting’ online


Joseph Brookes
Senior Reporter

The Opposition will next week introduce a private member’s bill that would criminalise the use of social media to promote or publicise criminal activity. Offenders would face up to two years imprisonment and a two-year ban from social media.

The online regulator would also be given new powers to compel digital platforms to remove the material, under a proposal that has been picked up the leader of the Opposition.

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