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

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.