The Greens have called on the Federal Government to announce measures that will tackle the predatory business models of the tech giants, saying an age ban alone won\u2019t make social media safer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
They reiterated their call for laws that ban the use of predatory algorithms, data harvesting and advertising that targets young people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Greens Spokesperson for Communications and Deputy Chair of the Joint Select Committee on Social Media and Australian Society, Senator Sarah Hanson-Young said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAustralian parents are rightfully worried about the toxic nature of social media and the harm it can do. We don\u2019t want to just kick young people off TikTok or Youtube, we need to make the platforms safer and age appropriate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIf the PM wants to make social media safer then he must ban the social media giants from targeting our kids with algorithms and advertising, and from data harvesting, especially of private information. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cParents are worried about the safety of their kids online but they also know unless platforms are forced to clean up their act, their child won\u2019t be safe online when they turn 16 either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe Government has made this announcement today before its own Inquiry, established to examine an age limit ban, has reported. Overwhelmingly experts have told the Committee that a ban alone will not keep our young people safe or make platforms safer. Many witnesses noted the importance of teaching young people how to use social media and implored the Committee to understand that there are many positive benefits to being online, particularly for marginalised kids.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe Government\u2019s own online safety expert, the e-Safety Commissioner, has recommended a multi-pronged approach that encourages platforms to be safe by design. The PM must listen to experts ahead of News Corp and Peter Dutton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWhen legislation is eventually introduced, it will need to be examined thoroughly. The Greens will be looking for measures that finally regulate these global platforms and stop them profiting off the suffering of everyone, not just our kids. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOur online spaces should be safe for everyone and they should be safe whatever age young people get online. The EU and other countries have led the way and it\u2019s time Australia followed.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Greens have called on the Federal Government to announce measures that will tackle the predatory business models of the tech giants, saying an age ban alone won\u2019t make social media safer. They reiterated their call for laws that ban the use of predatory algorithms, data harvesting and advertising that targets young people. Greens Spokesperson … Continue reading “PM must outlaw predatory algorithms and data harvesting by social media companies”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29983"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29983\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29984,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29983\/revisions\/29984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}