Australia’s online safety regulator has put social media giants on notice, requiring them to explain what they are doing to to protect people from violent extremists and terrorists
FILE - People talk near a Meta sign outside of the company's headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., March 7, 2023. Australia's eSafety regulator announced Tuesday, March 19, 2024, that it had issued legal notices to Google, Meta, X, WhatsApp, Telegram and Reddit requiring each company to report on steps they are taking to protect Australian users of their platforms from extremist material online.
“The tech companies that provide these services have a responsibility to ensure that these features and their services cannot be exploited to perpetrate such harm and that’s why we are sending these notices to get a look under the hood at what they are and are not doing,” Inman Grant said in a written statement.
The Commission said it had issued the notices under transparency powers granted under Australia's Online Safety Act, which will require the six companies to answer a series of detailed questions about how they are tackling the issue. “And, disappointingly, none of these companies have chosen to provide this information through the existing voluntary framework – developed in conjunction with industry – provided by the OECD."
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