Tech Companies will have the opportunity to comment on the Australian Government’s proposed laws that would hold them accountable for online trolling on their platforms. On Thursday, a committee set up to investigate how to make social media platforms safer for Australians will listen to the views of representatives from Google, Tiktok, and Meta, who owns Facebook and Instagram, AAP reported. This comes as the Australian Government moves to introduce new legislation that forces social media platforms to disclose the identities of online trolls. If passed, the new legislation would become one of the world’s most robust online trolling laws and would mean social media companies were considered publishers and held liable for defamatory comments posted on their platforms. However, the companies can avoid liability if they reveal the identity of individuals accused of defamation. This would allow legal proceedings to commence against the individual responsible for the trolling instead …