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Greens say big tech has been ‘laughing all the way to the bank’ and ‘we need proper regulations’
Sarah Hanson-Young is leading the Greens’ negotiations with the government over legislation designed to hold tech companies responsible for preventing harm to Australians, in particular children. The legislation is expected to be tabled in parliament this week.
Putting in place a duty of care on these big tech platforms is something that’s well and truly overdue.
And these big tech companies, social media platforms have been getting away with profiting off content that has been harmful, of technologies that have been designed to be deliberately addictive, even though they know the harm that that can do.
