Politics · Australia · 6 hrs ago
Australia’s digital duty of care bill to face proposed Greens changes
Australia’s Labor government plans to introduce Digital Duty of Care laws to parliament this week.
The bill would require platforms such as Meta and X to keep under-18s from accessing specified harmful content.
This includes pornography, material promoting eating disorders and sites promoting hostility towards women.
The Greens want to change the bill so people who believe they were harmed online can sue big technology companies for compensation.
That proposal would give individuals a way to seek payment for harm they believe they experienced online.
The bill’s introduction is the next step, but the proposed changes have not yet been decided.
Labor’s Digital Duty of Care bill is due to be introduced to the Australian parliament this week.
The bill would require platforms such as Meta and X to exclude harmful content for users under 18.
The Greens plan to propose changes allowing individuals who believe they were harmed online to sue big tech companies for compensation.
- Who
- Labor is introducing the bill, and the Greens are proposing changes.
- What
- The bill would require platforms to exclude harmful content for under-18s. The Greens want to allow individuals to sue big tech companies for compensation if they believe they were harmed online.
- When
- The bill is due to be introduced to parliament this week.
- Where
- Australia’s parliament.
- Why
- The bill aims to require platforms to exclude harmful content for under-18s; the Greens’ proposed changes would provide a way to seek compensation for perceived online harm.
Labor
The Greens
Purpose
Labor
Labor’s bill would require platforms to exclude harmful content for under-18s.
The Greens
The Greens propose allowing people who believe they were harmed online to sue big tech companies for compensation.
Remedy
Labor
Not stated.
The Greens
Individuals could seek compensation through lawsuits against big tech companies.
No direct quotes in the coverage so far.
This story does not have a timeline yet.
- Bill
- Digital Duty of Care
- Parliament
- Australia
- Platforms named
- Meta and X
- Age group covered
- Under-18s
- Proposed Greens change
- Individuals could sue big tech companies for compensation
Sources
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