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Lucinda Garbutt-Young

Trump policies blamed for online 'fermentation of hate'

Platforms feel empowered to strip protections due to Donald Trump's policies, a probe was told. (Susie Dodds/AAP PHOTOS)

Australia is in its most toxic and caustic era of online hate speech, the nation's independent safety regulator says, blaming overseas anti-regulation governments including the US.

Appearing before a royal commission in anti-Semitism on Thursday, eSafety commissioner Julie Inman Gran said technology platforms felt empowered to strip back protections given the Trump administration was not seeking to enforce them.

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