Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce says the government is not joking over plans to … – ABC News

Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce says the time has come to regulate social media giants, after watching an ex-Facebook employee highlight the dangers of the platform before the US Senate.Key points:Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce says the government is prepared to regulate social mediaHe says his desire to regulate the sector is linked to his experience as a parentThe comments come after the Prime Minister labelled social media a “coward’s palace”The company has been under scrutiny this week after whistleblower Frances Haugen leaked tens of thousands of documents showing it withheld research into the harms of its products.In Australia, the government is preparing to regulate social media, according to Mr Joyce.”The motivation is now there at the federal level in Australia, at the highest level in the United States, in other corners of the globe, to say: ‘we’ve had enough, you can’t treat us like fools. You think we’re joking, we’re not’,” Mr Joyce told the ABC’s PM program.”This time, something’s going to happen,”Mr Joyce said legislation to curtail the power of social media giants would be put on the table “soon.””It’s rare when a prime minister and a deputy prime minister in basically an unscripted way both have the same messages…
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