Social media giants face fines for failing to hand over documents

Australia's Labor government is moving to escalate penalties against social media giants who refuse to hand over documents to regulators. The proposed change would double fines for tech platforms that won't share records about their enforcement of Australia's new social media age restrictions. According to ABC News, the hardened stance aims to force tech companies to demonstrate compliance with the government's age verification requirements.

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