Social media giants may face 'significant' penalties

CANBERRA, Australia - Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has threatened social media giants with "significant" penalties if they fail to quickly remove terrorist content, Xinhua News Agency reported.

Morrison met with executives from Facebook, Google and Twitter on Tuesday to address their response to the Christchurch terror attacks and flagged legislation that could see executives face imprisonment if violent terrorist content is allowed to spread on their platforms.

"We need to prevent social media platforms being weaponized with terror content," Morrison said in a statement on Monday night.