Social media companies failing to fight scams on their platforms will be subject to fines of up to $50 million under a new framework brought before Parliament on Thursday. Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones has put social media companies “on notice”, with the proposed legislation to enable sector-specific mandatory scam codes and require consumers to have…

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