Giridharan Sivaraman warns of a surge of racially motivated violence in wake of Bondi shooting, saying ‘it’s going to get worse before it gets better’

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Australia’s race discrimination commissioner says social media companies have allowed racist and antisemitic hate to flow “unchecked” - and warned of an imminent outbreak of racially motivated violence after the Bondi beach terror attack.

“There are some that say you can turn the tap of online hate off,” Giridharan Sivaraman said on Thursday afternoon. “It’s just that it’s not in the interest of the social media platforms to do so because, unfortunately, racism and hate can be profitable.”

Source: Guardian - World News