Big tech will be required to build enhanced safety controls into their devices that are easy for parents to use and hard for children to bypass, if Australia’s centre-right Coalition is returned to government.
Technology companies would need to create the safeguards for smartphones and tablets as part of a new federal eSafety package.
The eSafety Commissioner would work with Apple, Samsung, and others to design device settings and a binding code under the Online Safety Act.
If the industry does not create these controls within 12 months of the government being elected, it would move to force companies to comply with regulations.
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