Australia’s eSafety umpire issues legal warning to Twitter amid rise in online hate

Julie Inman Grant says platform has ‘dropped the ball’ on tackling ‘peddlers of outrage’

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Australia’s eSafety commissioner says Twitter has “dropped the ball” on tackling online hate and has issued a legal notice to the social media giant demanding an explanation about what it is doing about the scourge.

The commissioner, Julie Inman Grant, said there have been more complaints about online hate on Twitter in the past year than any other platform, and complaints have spiked since Elon Musk’s takeover of the company in October.

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