Australiaabc.net.auQueensland 18-year-old charged with promoting violent extremist content on social media
An 18-year-old from Warner, north of Brisbane, has been charged with 30 offences after allegedly running social media channels promoting violence against Muslims, Jews and migrants.
Queensland police allegedly find violent extremist material and child abuse material after the FBI claimed he was operating multiple social media channels supporting violence against people of Muslim, Jewish, and migrant backgrounds.
Queensland police charged an 18-year-old man with 30 offences including spreading violent extremist content and possessing child abuse material.
The investigation was triggered by a tip-off from the FBI, and police seized electronic devices from a home in Warner, north of Brisbane, on May 27.
The man was remanded in custody and is expected to appear via video link at Pine Rivers Magistrates Court on November 9.
An 18-year-old Queenslander has been charged with extremist offences after allegedly running social media channels supporting violence against Muslims, Jews and migrants.
Police said the investigation was sparked by a report from the FBI alleging an Australian user was spreading extremist content on a social media platform.
Officers from the Queensland Joint Counter Terrorism Team executed a search warrant at a home in Warner, north of Brisbane, on May 27, seizing several electronic devices.
It is alleged the man was operating multiple social media channels supporting violence against people of Muslim, Jewish, and migrant backgrounds.
Police said forensic examination of the devices allegedly revealed extremist content and child abuse material.
He has been charged with 30 offences, including using a carriage service to transmit violent extremist material, using a carriage service to harass or cause offence, and possessing or controlling child abuse material.
He first appeared in court on May 27 and was remanded in custody.
The man did not appear when his matter was mentioned in Pine Rivers Magistrates Court today, where he was again remanded in custody.
He is expected to reappear in the same court via video link on November 9.
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