( ) -q-27- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “be safer environments.” Australia plans to require social media platforms to act to prevent online harms to users such as bullying, predatory behavior and algorithms pushing destructive content. [CutID: <Cuts> AUSTRALIA-SOCIAL-MEDIA-house-q-THUam.mp3 Time: 27s Title: AUSTRALIA-SOCIAL-MEDIA-house-q-THUam Out-cue: be safer environments] TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. —————————– VERBATIM: Australia’s Communications […]
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Australia will require social media platforms to act to prevent online harm to users
( ) -q-27- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “be safer environments.”
Australia plans to require social media platforms to act to prevent online harms to users such as bullying, predatory behavior and algorithms pushing destructive content.
[CutID: <Cuts> AUSTRALIA-SOCIAL-MEDIA-house-q-THUam.mp3
Time: 27s
Title: AUSTRALIA-SOCIAL-MEDIA-house-q-THUam
Out-cue: be safer environments]
TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting.
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VERBATIM: Australia’s Communications Minister says the digital “duty of care” requirement will place the onus on digital platforms to proactively keep Australians safe and better prevent online harm. Next week, the government will introduce legislation that would ban children younger than 16 from platforms including X, Instagram, Facebook and TikTok. Critics say banning young users reduces incentives for social media platforms to be safer environments.