Man charged after posting Facebook death threats to Pauline Hanson

A Perth man was charged with making death threats against Pauline Hanson on Facebook. Anton Raymond Illich, 47, posted 'hunt her down and kill her' on a One Nation page. He told the court he wrote them to delete his account and never meant to harm anyone.

Why it mattersThe case shows that death threats against politicians on social media trigger serious criminal charges, even when the poster says they didn't mean it.