Twitter loses bid to throw out complaint by Australian Muslim group over ‘hateful’ content

Twitter has failed in a bid to throw out a complaint from an Australian Muslim group that accused them of inciting hatred as a publisher of third-party content. Photograph: Gregory Bull/AP

Twitter has lost a bid to have a complaint by an advocacy group for Australian Muslims thrown out after they accused the platform of failing to take action against accounts that incite hatred.

The Australian Muslim Advocacy Network (Aman) lodged a complaint to the Queensland Human Rights Commission (QHRC) last June. They argued that, as a publisher, Twitter Australia and Twitter Inc are responsible for content posted by a far-right account that has been referred to in the manifesto of a white supremacist and mass murderer.