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‘Enforcement mode’: Australia must take fight to tech giants to make social media ban stick, experts warn
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Doubled penalties will have little effect if platforms not held to account for the content they carry, observers say Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast. The government needs to switch into “enforcement mode” and take on tech giants over its social media ban after doubling fines, experts have warned.The federal government announced on Sunday it would introduce new legislation to double fines to $99m for platforms that breach the social media ban, and give the e Safety commissioner, Julie Inman Grant, stronger information-gathering powers. Continue reading...
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