MP Deplatformed by Facebook Proposes New Law to Rein in Big Tech

MP Deplatformed by Facebook Proposes New Law to Rein in Big Tech
This illustration photo shows a Facebook app logo displayed on a smartphone in Los Angeles, Calif., on March 1, 2021. Chris Delmas/AFP via Getty Images
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Barely a day after being banished from Facebook, Australian MP Craig Kelly has acted swiftly to propose a new Bill that will seek to rein in the power of Big Tech companies like Facebook.

The Independent Member for Hughes is basing the Bill on a similar law passed overnight in Florida that will penalise social media companies if they remove political candidates from their platform, a practice also known as de-platforming.
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