Labor-led committee calls for single Digital Affairs minister


Brandon How
Reporter

A Labor-led parliamentary committee has urged the federal government to appoint a Digital Affairs minister to coordinate the regulation of social media and other digital platforms, including across privacy, competition and online safety.

The call to adopt a similar approach to that of Taiwan comes as the remit of existing existing regulatory agencies like the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) and Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) increasingly …

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