Stan Grant

Australia gives Twitter 28 days to clean up 'toxicity and hate'

Australia's internet safety watchdog on Thursday threatened to fine Twitter for failing to tackle online abuse, saying Elon Musk's takeover had coincided with a spike in "toxicity and hate".

E-safety commissioner Julie Inman Grant - a former Twitter employee - said the platform was now responsible for one-in-three complaints about online hate speech reported in Australia.

A speech everyone should hear: Australia’s powerful talk against racism (vid)

Australian journalist Stan Grant, of indigenous Wiradjuri descent, took to the stage for the last IQ2 debate of 2015. His speech debates the motion “Is racism killing the Australian dream?” and is widely acknowledged to be one of the most powerful ever heard at IQ2.