Big tech companies were open to online safety regulation – why did NZ’s government scrap the idea?
- Written by Fiona Sing, Research Fellow, Population Health, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
gorodenkoff/Getty ImagesThe coalition government has scrapped efforts to modernise New Zealand’s out-of-date online safety rules, despite qualified support for change from social media and tech giants.
The aim of the Safer Online Services and Media Platforms project, led by the Department of Internal Affairs, was to develop a new framework...
