Twitter, TikTok and Google will be forced to answer questions about how they handle online sexual abuse in Australia or face hefty fines.
"Back in November, Twitter boss Elon Musk tweeted that addressing child exploitation was priority number one but we have not seen detail on how Twitter is delivering on that commitment," Ms Inman Grant said.
The tech platforms must answer questions about how they detect and remove child sexual abuse content from their platforms including live streams, how algorithms could amplify its reach, and how the companies deal with sexual extortion attempts against children. "The creation, dissemination and viewing of online child sexual abuse inflicts incalculable trauma and ruins lives. It is also illegal," Ms Inman Grant said.
Incidents of child sexual abuse on digital platforms is widespread, with 29.1 million reports made to the US National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children in 2021, including 875,783 reported by Google, 154,618 reported by TikTok, and 86,666 from Twitter.
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