Overview
- Community Security Trust reported that Facebook hosted posts celebrating the 14 December Bondi Beach attack and praising Islamic State that were still live on 16 December.
- Some of the accounts sharing the material were identified as UK-based and were reported to counter-terrorism police as an urgent matter.
- Meta said it removed content for violating policies on dangerous organisations after being contacted by the Guardian and indicated some posts had already been taken down.
- Ofcom reminded platforms of their legal duty to assess reported posts for illegality and remove them swiftly, while the Home Office condemned content promoting terrorism or violence.
- Australian authorities said a homemade Islamic State flag was recovered from a vehicle used by suspects in the attack, which killed 15 people at a Hanukkah celebration.