Australia’s Liberal Party Target Big Tech for Online Safety

Australia’s Liberal Party Target Big Tech for Online Safety
Prime Minister Scott Morrison at a press conference after visiting TEi engineering and steel fabrication company in the seat of Herbert, Queensland in Australia on April 26, 2022. AAP Image/Mick Tsikas
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Big tech will be required to build enhanced safety controls into their devices that are easy for parents to use and hard for children to bypass, if Australia’s centre-right Coalition is returned to government.

Technology companies would need to create the safeguards for smartphones and tablets as part of a new federal eSafety package.