Twitter says any move by Australia to ban anonymous accounts would not reduce abuse

Company's public policy director says crackdown would stifle speech for vulnerable people who need to remain unidentified

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Any move by the Australian government to crack down on anonymous accounts on Twitter would be ineffective and fail to reduce the amount of abuse on the platform, the social media firm has said.

Last month prime minister Scott Morrison decried the coward's palace" of social media, and threatened more regulation of the companies in response.