White House warns trading partners against ‘imposing digital services taxes, fines, and other forms of extortion’ on US tech sector
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The Trump administration will confront Australia over its plan to force digital platforms to take down harmful content and let users opt out of algorithm-generated “for you” feeds.
Big tech companies would be fined more than $100m for breaching the proposed laws and the Australian government is under pressure to raise those fines even further.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/09/trump-administration-to-confront-australia-over-labors-social-media-algorithm-plan
Author : Luca Ittimani
Publish date : 2026-09-09 06:51:00
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