{"id":7426,"date":"2021-01-13T04:32:03","date_gmt":"2021-01-13T04:32:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationaus.com\/?p=15825"},"modified":"2021-01-13T04:32:03","modified_gmt":"2021-01-13T04:32:03","slug":"trumpian-debate-over-social-de-platforming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/01\/13\/trumpian-debate-over-social-de-platforming\/","title":{"rendered":"Trumpian debate over social de-platforming"},"content":{"rendered":"
The suspension of US Presiden<\/strong>t Donald Trump from a number of social media platforms has kicked off a muddled political storm in Australia, with a parliamentary group set to be launched to push for further regulation of the tech giants.<\/p>\n Following the violent storming of the US Capitol last week, Mr Trump was banned from Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. This led to significant debate in Australian politics over censorship and misinformation on social media, with politicians from both sides of the aisles calling for more transparency and stricter regulations for the likes of Facebook.<\/p>\n Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) chair Rod Sims, who has been driving the government\u2019s crackdown on big tech, has also said that more needs to be done and further oversight is needed of decisions made by these big tech firms.<\/p>\n