Government to introduce online trolling legislation

The federal government is set to introduce legislation cracking down on online trolling on social media, as announced by Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Mr Morrison said the legislation would “ensure that Australians are safe online,” and hold tech giants accountable. “The online world shouldn’t be a wild west, where bots and bigots and trolls and others are anonymously going around and harm people and hurt people, harass them and bully them and sledge them,” Mr Morrison said. “That’s not Australia, that’s not what can happen in the real world and there’s no case for it to be able to be happening in the digital world.” Via news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site https://www.news.com.au