The Australian Greens are preparing to challenge the Labor government over its digital safety legislation, with senator Sarah Hanson-Young leading a push to toughen the rules governing large technology companies, according to The Guardian.
The Greens want Australians to have the right to take big tech firms to court, the ABC reports, and intend to demand amendments to Labor's Digital Duty of Care bill when it is introduced to parliament this week, per SMH.com.au. The Age also reports the party's push to let Australians sue Big Tech as part of a broader digital safety overhaul.
The legislation arrives alongside a separate change: Labor has stepped back from a plan that would have given a minister certain powers, and algorithm-related changes now look set to pass, The Canberra Times reports.
The Greens' position sets up a contest with the government over how far the new laws should go in restraining large platforms. Hanson-Young is driving the party's effort to strengthen the proposed regime, The Guardian reports.
What to watch next: the bill's introduction to parliament this week, and whether the Greens' proposed amendments — including court access for Australians — gain support.
