The prime minister has accused “arrogant” social media companies of ignoring parents’ legitimate concerns for their children, who he said are suffering widespread distress due to the use of online platforms such as Facebook and TikTok.
Albanese said social media companies were wilfully ignoring the harms caused on their platforms to children’s mental health, as well as the risk of grooming and abuse.“They just show how out of touch, how arrogant and how contemptuous they are of the legitimate concerns that every parent is expressing about this activity,” Albanese told the“ will be despairing about these social media giants saying, ‘nothing to see here, no problem’.
Albanese also said social media platforms were failing to address the spread of hate speech on their platforms, which he said was a risk to social harmony.Meta’s claims were made by Antigone Davis, the global head of safety for the company which owns Facebook and Instagram, to the Joint Select Committee on Social Media and Australian Society.”Issues of teen mental health are complex and multifactorial.
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