Australia and the US diverge in their approaches to regulating AI and social media
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is advocating regulation of AI and social media at the UN (the Digital Duty of Care law), while US President Donald Trump rejects any “global control” of AI. The US embassy in Canberra described the Australian proposal as an attack on freedom of speech.
US technology platforms operating in Australia face the risk that the Digital Duty of Care law will require them to modify algorithms and content policies under threat of legal liability, which the US government openly criticizes as a burden on these companies.