Labor’s law would allow choice for social media users and build accountability into the internet rather than allow the tech industry to operate with impunity
When you hear them cry “freedom”, you know a culture war is brewing. And so it was last week that a bid to make tech companies address the harmful impacts of their products became a piece of political performance theatre.
The Coalition and One Nation tripped over each other to condemn the government’s long-awaited digital duty of care legislation. To Angus Taylor it is “a blank cheque for political censorship”; for Pauline Hanson it’s “Communist China”. For their fracturing base, it’s another reason to hate on the government.