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Social Media Opt-Out Mulled to Stem Harmful Content
The government is weighing new digital rules after officials said young users are being fed misogynistic content within 23 minutes online.
- On Sunday, Social Services Minister Tanya Plibersek announced Australia is considering a UK-style ban on pornography depicting strangulation. The federal government is also weighing new regulations allowing users to opt in or out of social media algorithms.
- These considerations follow the recent death of a 16-year-old girl in Sydney's northern beaches, linked to suspected sexual strangulation. Plibersek noted that 60 per cent of young people report experiencing strangulation during sexual encounters.
- Young boys in Australia are fed misogynistic or violent content within 23 minutes of using social platforms, Plibersek noted. She described this as a "deliberate decision of the social media companies" distorting perceptions of healthy relationships.
- Working with consent campaigner Chanel Contos, the government is developing a Digital Duty of Care to proactively prevent online harms. Contos is among 14 members appointed to a new Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence Advisory Council.
- The federal government is considering a 12-month moratorium on importing smart glasses due to privacy concerns. The Greens have called for the ban on wearable recording devices until stronger privacy protections are enacted into law.
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‘Pervasive and deadly’: Federal government to consider a ban on choking porn
Social Services Minister Tanya Plibersek said the government was considering additional reforms to stop young people being exposed to violent or misogynistic content online.
·North Sydney, Australia
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