Politicians from across the aisle say they want tougher sanctions on social media companies to curb the spread of misinformation and violent content online.
Tech giants have been urged to do more to remove violent content off their platforms in the fallout of two horrific stabbing incidents.
Federal Labor frontbencher Murray Watt said the public were fed up with tech giants ignoring the rule of law and argued they had a social responsibility to their millions of users. “They make a lot of money off the public, billions of dollars a year, and I think they owe us all a responsibility and they should comply with the laws like everyone else does.”
“That’s all the more reason for us to take a stance. It’s important for us but for other democracies as well.” The unrelated incidents have sparked debate about the spread of misinformation after false claims about each attacker’s motive and identity rapidly circulated online.
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