Most Australians happy with government watching social media to stop terror: poll

By David Wroe
Updated July 2 2015 - 3:13pm, first published 2:57pm
Extremists are using sites such as Twitter  to encourage and plan terror attacks.
Extremists are using sites such as Twitter to encourage and plan terror attacks.

Four out of five Australians say they are "comfortable" with government agencies monitoring social media sites such as Twitter and Facebook to detect possible terrorist attacks, a survey has found.

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