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Fiona Sing, Research Fellow, Population Health, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau

Big tech companies were open to online safety regulation – why did NZ’s government scrap the idea?

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The coalition government has scrapped efforts to modernise New Zealand’s out-of-date online safety rules, despite qualified support for change from social media and tech giants.

The aim of the Safer Online Services and Media Platforms project, led by the Department of Internal Affairs, was to develop a new framework to regulate what can be published on online platforms and other forms of media (such as news) in New Zealand.

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