‘Daylight robbery:’ Canberra needs EU muscle to land big tech blow
The government wants to work cooperatively with tech moguls such as Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, but that seems like wishful thinking, and tougher laws are coming.
This week’s debate about raising the age restrictions on social media has become a proxy for Australian politicians to compare biceps and flex their muscles in standing up to the might of big tech companies.
But overnight, the European Union showed, once again, that it is the strongest jurisdiction in the world for hitting back hard against tech giants, when its highest court delivered separate defeats to Apple and Google that will cost each company billions of dollars.
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