Major telecommunications companies block slew of websites

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Telstra has blocked access to 4chan, 8chan and Voat, the blog Zerohedge and video hosting platform Liveleak. 9News

"While there were discussions at an industry level about this issue, this is a decision Vodafone Australia came to independently," a spokeswoman said in a statement.

"If you can write an algorithm to make sure that the ads they want you to see can appear on your mobile phone, then I'm quite confident they can write an algorithm to screen out hate content on these social media platforms," Mr Morrison told reporters in Adelaide yesterday. New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said social media companies must take responsibility for what they publish.

 

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