The Australian eSafety Commissioner Wants to Punish Social Media for Allowing Ratios: These ‘Online Safety’ Regimes Start Out as ‘It’s for Protecting Kids’

‘And then quickly evolve into regimes to protect politicians’

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GRANT: "One of the other things I asked for, which I think has been noted by government is something called a notification power. And that’s important because The adult cyber abuse as it constructed now Is so specific As you know It doesn’t cover groups Of people or person Because they are part Of group But also only requires You to look at That Specific tweet Many Of these tweets or posts have terrible You know Insulting ugly comments underneath It may be cross-platform And so what I’ve asked for is something called a notification power So if there’s A pylon If There’s A brigade If it’s meant to Be an avalanche of online hate We put the onus back On This Australian Is being targeted To protect Their account And take action against all of those people that you can see You can See All the signals You Can See It on your dashboard Whether it’s You Just suspend them Or Take Them Away That would be very helpful and more representative Of how Online abuse manifests Against That we’ve Seen Against"

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