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Australia plans huge fines if big tech fails to tackle disinformation (techxplore.com)
submitted 1 year ago by L4s to c/technology
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Tech giants could face billions of dollars in fines for failing to tackle disinformation under proposed Australian laws, which a watchdog on Monday said would bring "mandatory" standards to the little-regulated sector.

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[–] tallwookie 2 points 1 year ago

what is Australia going to do when they make it untenable for any multinational tech companies to operate in the country?

[–] mikestevens 2 points 1 year ago

The cute thing about this is that there are no big fines for political parties, media pundits and companies, or influencers producing and disseminating disinformation — but the tech companies will get fined if they don't stop it spreading on their platforms.