‘Global reckoning’ is coming for big tech, says Australian minister

Australia’s government will introduce legislation that tries to regulate digital services and impose a “digital duty of care.” “For too long, tech companies have been running real-time, unregulated product testing on Australians,” Minister for Communications Anika Wells said today. “In the same way that we have safety standards for cars, for food, and for appliances, Australia is getting basic safety standards for the online tools and online services,” she added. “Tech companies will still be allowed to move fast, but they will not be able to break things.” Meta, in its early years when still known as Facebook, used the term “Move fast and break things” to describe its internal processes for creating and updating its...

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