Tony Abbott dismisses social media as 'electronic graffiti', again

By Lucy Battersby
Updated February 1 2015 - 10:13am, first published January 26 2015 - 6:35pm
Defacement: Graffiti, electronic or otherwise, has not always been kind to Prime Minister Tony Abbott.  Photo: Flickr/raoulsphotos
Defacement: Graffiti, electronic or otherwise, has not always been kind to Prime Minister Tony Abbott. Photo: Flickr/raoulsphotos
Tagging: It's not the first time Prime Minister Tony Abbott has dismissed social media as "electronic graffiti". Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Tagging: It's not the first time Prime Minister Tony Abbott has dismissed social media as "electronic graffiti". Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

The Prime Minister has dismissed as "electronic graffiti" a medium that his own government and corporate Australia spend millions of dollars a year monitoring and engaging in.

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