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I don’t often cover stories like this one, however due to the increasing power of social media sites such as Facebook and Myspace, I thought this story was worth a run. The Race Discrimination Commissioner has urged the government to implement laws that allow monitoring of social media sites for racial vilification and other discrimination as the practice is becoming widespread. Tom Calma was responding to the claim that scores of racist groups are using social media as both an outlet for their messages and to recruit new members. Some Facebook users who posted opposing messages and comments to the groups had been threatened with violence and there is a fear the sites could be used to rally groups to riots etc, Facebook has not responded to the cliams nor has it removed or deleted any comments placed on the site by its members. The Australian Communications and Media Authority has said that on line regulation policy is a matter for government and the standing committee of attorneys-general, and the committee was considering wether the National Classification Scheme should be amended to include specific measures to cover racial material online.

So watch this space!