Social media companies should be required to meet legislated minimum transparency standards – including where employees who can access user data are located, disclosure of foreign interference on the platforms, and being clear about censored or taken down content, a Senate committee recommends.
Social media companies that failed the transparency tests should face fines and potential bans by the home affairs minister, the Senate Select Committee on Foreign Interference through Social Media recommended in its report to parliament on Tuesday.
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