In an uncommon move, the US government has publicly criticised an Australian government policy proposal.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is in New York promoting Australian tech policies at the United Nations.
The Trump administration has made a public intervention into Australia's debate about its proposed digital duty of care, warning the Albanese government that the policy would be "extraterritorial censorship of protected speech".
The public rebuke took the form of a response to a consultation on the draft digital duty of care bill, which would force platforms to take actions to mitigate and respond to harms caused by digital platforms.
The submission, published by the US Embassy today, said Washington had "serious concerns" about how Australia would decide what counts as "foreseeable harm".
His support for international AI regulation and his government's teen social media ban have earned the ire of the Trump administration.
In the submission, the US government said it was concerned by what it described as rigid, one-size-fits-all design requirements.
The US government's hostility toward the digital duty of care was signposted earlier this month in a statement from White House spokesperson Kush Desai to the Guardian Australia.
Earlier today, it was reported by Politico Australia that the American industry body representing American tech companies had joined in a High Court challenge to Australia's teen social media ban.
The Albanese government said it would use this law, if passed, to force platforms like Facebook, Instagram and TikTok to send users a pop-up offering a choice between a personalised algorithmic feed and a feed limited to accounts they follow.