eSafety already has sweeping powers over online content. Albanese’s new law would expand its reach, strengthen its enforcement machinery and give the regulator even more leverage over Big Tech.
Canberra doesn’t have to delete your opinions when regulation can make Big Tech afraid to distribute them.
An online-safety law built to expand could leave future governments deciding what new forms of speech count as harm.
eSafety already has sweeping powers over online content. Albanese’s new law would expand its reach, strengthen its enforcement machinery and give the regulator even more leverage over Big Tech.
Canberra doesn’t have to delete your opinions when regulation can make Big Tech afraid to distribute them.
An online-safety law built to expand could leave future governments deciding what new forms of speech count as harm.
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