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'A coward's palace': PM slams social media amid defamation law controversy

By Byron Kaye

Oct 8 2021 6:50AM

Pushes for platforms to be treated as publishers where identity is unknown.

'A coward's palace': PM slams social media amid defamation law controversy

Prime Minister Scott Morrison lambasted social media on Thursday as "a coward's palace", saying platforms should be treated as publishers when defamatory comments by unidentified people are posted, pouring fuel on a raging debate over the country's libel laws. Morrison's ...

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