Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Wednesday will announce a parliamentary inquiry into the behavior of the world’s biggest technology companies and the need for new legislation. Australia has led global efforts to rule in the powers of the likes of Alphabet and Facebook, which began as a model for others to imitate in order to establish laws.
Raising the possibility of additional regulation, Morrison said on Wednesday that the new investigation would have a broader scope, but would include asking the committee’s lawmakers to examine the algorithms used by social media platforms, how companies identify and age and Verify the limit. What kind of restrictions are being imposed on them?
“Big tech has big questions to answer,” Morrison would say, according to an extract of his planned announcement, seen by Reuters.
“Big Tech built these platforms, it’s their responsibility to make sure they’re secure.”
The announcement of a new investigation is likely to escalate tensions between Australia’s government and Facebook, which recently changed its name to Meta, and Google. Earlier this year Australia enacted tough new laws that required both tech companies to pay local media for content, while Canberra has proposed laws that force them to share the identities of people with anonymous accounts. if any other person accuses them of defamation.
When Australia proposed legislation forcing both companies to pay local media for news content, Google threatened to shut down its Australian search engine, while Facebook banned all third-party content from Australian accounts. Cut off for more than a week. The two eventually struck deals with Australian media companies after offering a series of amendments to the law.
The committee in charge of the new investigation will report its findings by February 15, 2022.
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