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Andrew Brown and Kat Wong

Uniform standards needed for social media: cyber expert

The federal government is creating a committee to investigate content people are exposed to online. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS)

Social media giants should be required to have uniform standards in responding to harmful content online, a cyber safety expert has urged, as the federal government moves to examine the impact platforms have on users.

A parliamentary committee will be set up to put social media under the microscope, focusing on how platforms use algorithms to determine what users see, the extent of harmful and violent content produced, and its impact on mental health.

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