SYDNEY—Australia stated on Sunday that it might introduce laws to make social-media corporations answerable for defamatory feedback printed on their platforms, in a transfer that dangers exposing tech corporations to future lawsuits.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison stated the laws additionally goals to unmask individuals who make hurtful feedback on-line by requiring corporations corresponding to Meta Platforms Inc.’s Fb to reveal their particulars, corresponding to an e-mail handle or cellphone quantity, when a grievance is made.