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Trump administration warns Albanese plays down Trump’s ‘censorship’ warning over Labor social media crackdownis ‘censorship’ of Americans’ protected speech
the headline was changed:
US Trump administration warns Australia that imposing digital duty of care on big tech would be seen as Labor social media crackdown is ‘censorship’ of Americans’ protected speech
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Trump administration expresses ‘serious concerns’ that forcing firms to allow algorithm optout would infringe Americans’ free speech.
Restating strong opposition to measures the White House considers “extraterritorial censorship of protected speech by Americans online”, the US has used a submission to the Albanese government’s public consultation process to express serious concerns about Australia’s communications minister having legal powers to declare “foreseeable harm”.
A submission published on the website of the US embassy in Canberra on Tuesday says that the proposed model of protection for users under 18 would unfairly effect users in the US.
Asked about possible intervention from the US, Albanese said on 8 September the government would make decisions in Australia’s national interest.
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The intervention – delivered ahead of Anthony Albanese seeing US President Donald Trump at the United Nations general assembly on Tuesday, New York time – will embolden the Coalition.
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Headline as published: Albanese plays down Trump’s ‘censorship’ warning over Labor social media crackdown
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The article, shortened and in plain language
Trump administration expresses ‘serious concerns’ that forcing firms to allow algorithm optout would infringe Americans’ free speech.
The Trump administration has warned the Australian government that its plans to boost online safety through digital duty of care laws risks becoming a mechanism for “viewpoint-based censorship” and called for American platforms to be exempted.
Restating strong opposition to measures the White House considers “extraterritorial censorship of protected speech by Americans online”, the US has used a submission to the Albanese government’s public consultation process to express serious concerns about Australia’s communications minister having legal powers to declare “foreseeable harm”.
The intervention – delivered ahead of Anthony Albanese seeing US President Donald Trump at the United Nations general assembly on Tuesday, New York time – will embolden the Coalition, which opposes the duty of care laws on the grounds they would hand too much power to the government to regulate online content.
A submission published on the website of the US embassy in Canberra on Tuesday says that the proposed model of protection for users under 18 would unfairly effect users in the US.
The White House had before warned about measures that could impose unfair new restrictions on American companies, but the submission represents a public escalation of the Trump administration’s opposition.
The communications minister, Anika Wells, has called the new laws “a global reckoning” for big tech, following the government’s introduction of a social media ban for under 16s.
Asked about possible intervention from the US, Albanese said on 8 September the government would make decisions in Australia’s national interest.
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