[LINK] Xenophon calls for social media watchdog
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Thu Sep 5 00:16:02 AEST 2013
Senator calls for social media watchdog
http://www.arnnet.com.au/article/525430/senator_calls_social_media_watchdog
Independent Senator, Nick Xenophon, wants the next federal government to
appoint a social media watchdog to crack down on Facebook and Twitter
trolls.
Senator Xenophon said the appointment of a social media ombudsman would
give Australians the same protections enjoyed by social media users in
other countries.
It comes after an incident in 2010 when two Facebook memorial sites for
murder victims in Queensland were flooded with pornographic and obscene
messages.
"So many social media users in this country feel powerless to protect
themselves from abuse and it's about time that stopped," Senator Xenophon
said in a statement on Wednesday.
"A social media ombudsman would be the best way of dealing with it, due to
the myriad of platforms and systems that abound."
Under the senator's plan the ombudsman would operate through the Australian
Communications and Media
Authority.
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