Internet giants to face hefty fines under Austrian hate speech law

By

Non-compliance to cost up to $16.3 million.

Internet giants to face hefty fines under Austrian hate speech law
Austria plans to oblige large internet platforms like Facebook and Google to delete illegal content within days and impose fines of up to 10 million euros (A$16.3 million) in case of non-compliance, the government said on Thursday. Austria's online hate speech law, now being drawn up, will ...

Hi! You've reached one of our premium articles. This is available exclusively to subscribers.

It's free to register, and only takes a few minutes.

Once you sign up you'll have unlimited access to the full catalogue of Australia's best business IT content, as well as a daily news bulletin delivered straight to your inbox.

Register now
Got a news tip for our journalists? Share it with us anonymously here.
Tags:

Most Read Articles

Orica to set new workforce systems live in Australia in July

Orica to set new workforce systems live in Australia in July

Lion builds an app to detect its beers on tap in venues

Lion builds an app to detect its beers on tap in venues

ANZ Institutional readies go-live for "multi-agent chatbot" amie

ANZ Institutional readies go-live for "multi-agent chatbot" amie

Victoria Police refreshes online reporting

Victoria Police refreshes online reporting

Log In

  |  Forgot your password?