FOI documents: Australian Communications Minister Michelle Rowland gave a personal guarantee to YouTube that it would be exempt from a teen social media ban
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Australia drops plans to fine internet platforms up to 5% of their global revenue for failing to prevent the spread of misinformation online
It should have been 50%. [embedded post] X: David Limbrick MP / @_davidlimbrick : The more people learnt about it, the more they hated it. @fsuofaustralia : Victory! Communications Minister Michelle ...
Australia plans to enact laws imposing a “digital duty of care” on big tech, which would make companies liable for citizens' safety online
Former Nine corporate lawyer and bible quoting fanatic, Communications Minister Michele Rowland … X: @avidcommentator : The Australia we once knew is evaporating in the face of government authoritaria...
Meta plans to deprecate the Facebook News tab in the US and Australia in early April 2024 and stop signing deals for traditional news content in those countries
it was begun for hookups, parties, and puppies but readers and publishers added news in their own posts. News came to depend on Facebook for links and audience — that's why publishers put links there...