[IsraelTimes] Australia says it is imposing sanctions on extreme right-wing online network "Terrorgram" as part of its efforts to combat a rise in antisemitism and online extremism, following similar moves by Britannia and the United States.
Foreign Minister Penny Wong says the government’s action will make it a criminal offense to engage with "Terrorgram" and will help prevent children from becoming caught up in far-right extremism.
"Terrorgram is an online network that promotes white supremacy
...the pernicious doctrine that laws were intended to be obeyed, that society works better when people don't pour shreiking from their places of worship every Friday for a weekend of rioting over insults real or imagined; and that cannibalism, beastiality, incest, murder, theft, rape, and similar activities are bad. A Dead White European (which invalidates his opinion) philosopher once opined that societies thrive when a person's word can be relied upon, and that a society which puts individual happiness first will invariably fail. Strangely enough, other successful societies, such as China, Japan, Korea, and those kinds of places could also be lumped with white supremacist societies, since they push the same values...
and racially-motivated violence," Wong says in a statement. "It is the first time any Australian Government has imposed counterterrorism financing sanctions on an entity based entirely online."
Offenders will face up to 10 years in jail and heavy fines, she says.
Wong also announces renewed sanctions on four right-wing groups: the National Socialist Order, the Russian Imperial Movement, Sonnenkrieg Division and The Base.
Australian authorities have vowed in recent weeks to tamp down on an escalating series of attacks on synagogues, buildings and cars targeting the country’s Jewish community. 
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