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

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'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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