Google and Facebook have been accused of censoring debate on a contentious proposal to change the Australian Constitution to include a special parliamentary body representing Aboriginal Australians.
The Melbourne-based Institute of Public Affairs (IPA) said it provided three examples to the prime minister of programs it produced on the Indigenous Voice to Parliament that were subsequently censored.
“Australians have every right to be deeply concerned that foreign-owned Big Tech giants are exerting significant influence over domestic political and cultural matters,” said IPA Executive Director Daniel Wild.
“These Big Tech companies have shown a repeated pattern of behaviour of censoring anyone who merely questions the role, scope, and function of the proposed Voice to Parliament and have displayed a callous indifference towards the right of Australians to be fully informed in this debate.”…