Australia has imposed counterterrorism financing sanctions on a platform that promotes white supremacy and encourages racially motivated violence. It comes after similar moves by the UK and US. The Australian government has imposed counterterrorism financing sanctions on Terrorgram, a decentralised online network that promotes white supremacy and racially motivated violence. It’s the first time Australia has imposed counterterrorism financing sanctions on an entirely online-based entity. “It will now be a criminal offence to use or deal with the assets of, or make assets available to, Terrorgram,” Foreign Minister Penny Wong said in a statement on Sunday night. Penalties include up to 10 years imprisonment and heavy fines. In the same announcement, Wong said the Australian government had also re-listed four other entities that promote nationalist and racist violent extremist ideologies for counter-terrorism financing sanctions.
via sbs: Terrorgram: Australia hits online neo-Nazi network with sanctions
siehe auch: Labor imposes counter-terrorism sanctions on online neo-Nazi network Terrorgram Group which calls for violent acts to destabilise society one of five listed as federal government steps up response to antisemitic attacks. An online network for neo-Nazis that openly advocates acts of violence has been hit with counter-terrorism sanctions in an escalation of the federal response to the spate of antisemitic attacks in Australia. The foreign minister, Penny Wong, announced the sanctions on Terrogram, a network of groups that use encrypted platforms such as Telegram to share radical white supremacist content. The group promotes militant accelerationism, which calls for violent acts to destabilise society. It is the first time an entirely online entity has been sanctioned under Australia’s terrorism financing regime, and means it is now a criminal offence to use or deal with Terrogram’s assets.