Sarah Hanson-Young (SA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Communications, which I believe is Senator Farrell. Today a US jury has found Meta and Google liable for deliberately designing addictive social media platforms that led to harm for users. It is now undeniable that these multibillion-dollar companies are making massive profits off products that are deliberately designed to be addictive, to generate division and to spread mis- and disinformation. These products are used every day by millions of Australians of all ages and backgrounds. Eighteen months ago, your government committed to ensuring that these toxic platforms were prevented from harming users by legislating a digital duty of care, yet we are still waiting. Why is your government failing to act to keep Australians safe?