Trump administration to confront Australia over Labor’s social media algorithm plan
- The Trump administration will confront Australia over its plan to force digital platforms to take down harmful content and let users opt out of algorithm-generated “for you” feeds.
- Big tech companies would be fined more than $100m for breaching the proposed laws and the Australian government is under pressure to raise those fines even further.
- A White House spokesperson, Kush Desai, said the US administration would raise its concerns with “trading partners”, in a statement released less than 24 hours after Australia’s announcement on Tuesday.
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- The Trump administration will confront Australia over its plan to force digital platforms to take down harmful content and let users opt out of algorithm-generated “for you” feeds.
- Big tech companies would be fined more than $100m for breaching the proposed laws and the Australian government is under pressure to raise those fines even further.
- A White House spokesperson, Kush Desai, said the US administration would raise its concerns with “trading partners”, in a statement released less than 24 hours after Australia’s announcement on Tuesday.
Sources: Guardian