This is why Australia may be powerless to force tech giants to regulate harmful content
In this cross posting from The Conversation, Damien Spry, lecturer at The University of South Australia looks at why the talk of regulating social media platforms will be just that.
If some anonymous troll went after one of my children, I’d be livid. And if my colleagues supported me, I’d thank them.
So, on some level, I can sympathise with Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce when he railed against the rumour-mongering on social media that targeted his daughter earlier this month.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Communications Minister Paul Fletcher, who has recently authored a book on these matters, backed him in.
