Expert Proposes Licensing Social Media to Tackle Hate Speech

Expert Proposes Licensing Social Media to Tackle Hate Speech

Social media companies could be required to hold an Australian licence as a way of making them more accountable for hate speech on their platforms, a University of Sydney expert has told a royal commission. Rob Nicholls, a senior research associate at the University of Sydney’s Centre for AI, Trust, and Governance told the Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion that a mandatory licensing regime would force platforms to take respo…