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Lucinda Garbutt-Young and Noah Secomb

INSANE: Disgusting livestream of execution likely to proceed - The Real Truth

The Trump administration's plans to livestream an execution has drawn criticism from Australia. (Susie Dodds/AAP PHOTOS)

Social media platforms that broadcast a livestream of a US military execution risk damaging their reputation, the prime minister has warned, as the government is urged to minimise casual exposure of the harmful content.

Australian social media users, whether they want to or not, could be witness to the death of Nidal Hasan by firing squad in early December following the Trump administration's pledge to livestream proceedings.

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