Tag: Social Media

Social media bill clears parliament, lifting fines to $99m

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Tech giants will now face fines of up to $99 million for breaching Australia’s youth social media ban after legislation doubling the penalties under the world-first regime passed federal...

Albanese targets tech giants with online duty of care laws

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Australia has proposed giving social media users greater control over the content they see as part of sweeping new powers designed to purge harmful online content and manipulative platform...

Greens push for tougher AI guardrails and sovereign capability

Posted on   |  by David Allen
The Greens’ new spokesperson on artificial intelligence David Shoebridge has flagged new policies from the party on sovereign AI capability development and a tougher stance on digital protections for...

Digital Duty of Care: What we know so far

Posted on   |  by Tama Leaver
Social media users could switch off recommender algorithms in their social media feeds, under new draft laws the Australian government plans to unveil this week. The proposed Digital Duty...

Meta’s US settlement raises new questions in Australia

Posted on   |  by Byron Kaye
Meta’s move to restrict teenagers’ use of social media in the US demonstrates that the companies have tools to better protect young people online, Australian regulators said on Thursday,...