Coalition-backed bill is ‘inconsistent and ineffective’ and should not go ahead until after trial is completed next year, Meta says
Young people feel like the social media ban is victim-blaming them, instead of requiring adults and platforms to take responsibility, Queensland’s principal family commissioner says.Young people feel like the social media ban is victim-blaming them, instead of requiring adults and platforms to take responsibility, Queensland’s principal family commissioner says.
Google’s submission was one of more than 15,000 received by the parliamentary inquiry on the bill in the single day it was accepting comment. X said the ability for the minister to define which platforms the ban applies to at a later date presents “a major threat to freedom of information, speech, and access to the internet” and risks regulatory weaponisation.
The principal commissioner for the Queensland Family and Child Commission, Luke Twyford, said the feedback on the bill from the Queensland Young Person’s Council was that they felt left out of the process.
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