‘We can’t trust social media companies’: Shadow Communications Minister

Shadow Communications Minister David Coleman says the Online Safety Act is important because “we can’t trust” social media companies. Mr Coleman’s remarks come as X refuses to obey the Australian eSafety commissioner’s takedown order of graphic footage. “We gave her very significant powers in the Online Safety Act for precisely this kind of situation when we are in government,” he told Sky News Australia. “It is as plain as your hand in front of your face – we can’t trust social media companies. “That’s why the Online Safety Act is so important.”