Facebook’s Australia News Ban Justifies More Big Tech Regulation: Expert

Facebook’s Australia News Ban Justifies More Big Tech Regulation: Expert
The logo of the social network Facebook on a broken screen of a mobile phone on May 16, 2018. Joel Saget/AFP via Getty Images
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According to Chris Cooper, executive director at Reset Australia, Facebook’s decision to pull news content from Australia justifies the need for “better regulation” around Big Tech.

“This is the biggest argument that could be made for better regulation around these platforms to mitigate the harms these … reckless decisions have on our democracy,” Cooper told Sky News.