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Politics
Kat Wong, Dominic Giannini and Andrew Brown

Warnings kids are exposed to 'extremist poison' online

Australian children are being exposed to "extremist poison" on the internet, Australia's federal police commissioner has said, amid reignited calls for online age verification.

Whether graphic content should remain on social media has become the subject of heated debate as X, formerly Twitter, fights an edict from the eSafety Commissioner to remove content of a stabbing at a Sydney church.

But Australian Federal Police Commissioner Reece Kershaw notes graphic content is readily available across the internet and can have detrimental impacts on young Australians.

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