I Am Not Sure The Government Is Being Totally Frank With Its Intentions With The New Internet Regulation Legislation.

These two articles appeared last week. First, we have: Facebook whistleblower ‘deeply sceptical’ of Australia’s online safety laws Joseph Brookes Senior Reporter 3 February 2022 The former Facebook worker who blew the whistle on the company’s disregard for user safety last year is “deeply sceptical” of Australia’s co-regulation approach to online platforms, a dvocating instead for a model independent of tech giants’ input that forces transparency. American data scientist Frances Haugen disclosed tens of thousands of Facebook’s internal documents to US regulators last year, alleging the company was putting profits and growth ahead of user safety. On Thursday she appeared before the Parliament’s current online safety inquiry, detailing the company’s inner workings and warning against Australia’s co-regulation model, saying it would do little to curb the amplification of harmful content. “If we allow Facebook to write its own regulations, if we allow them to operate in the dark, they... This is the initial part of the post - read more by clicking on the title of the article. David.
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