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.

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.

  • tallwookie@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

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

  • Mike@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    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.