Albanese calls for debate on blocking online misogynistic content at snap national cabinet meeting

Labor to focus on online harms at national cabinet meeting on women’s safety as others call for further needs-based funding and bail reform

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Anthony Albanese has called for a debate on the blocking of misogynistic content online ahead of a snap national cabinet focused on women’s safety.

In addition to information sharing on high-risk perpetrators and serial offenders, the federal government has signalled strengthening violence prevention through a focus on online harms will be a priority at Wednesday’s meeting, the first national cabinet of 2024.

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