The EU has enacted laws to force platforms to take down harmful content from the Internet.  They demand that it be taken down within 24 hours.

Given the speed at which images and other content can go viral is this going to be fast enough?  UTS modelling shows that actually yes it will.  Can we get similar protection for Australia – yes we could!

Image: Image: Shutterstock – Riccio da favola

Produced By: Roderick Chambers

Featured In Story: Dr Marian-Andrei Rizoiu, Senior Lecturer and Lead for the Behavioral Data Science Lab at the University of Technology Sydney

First aired on The Wire, Wednesday 16 August 2023