Albanese targets tech giants with online duty of care laws


David Allen
Reporter

Australia has proposed giving social media users greater control over the content they see as part of sweeping new powers designed to purge harmful online content and manipulative platform designs.

Social media platforms, search engines, apps, games and artificial intelligence services would all be captured by the proposed digital duty of care (DDOC), according to an exposure draft released on Tuesday, forcing them to proactively implement user safety standards.

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