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Communications minister rebuts claims that Labor’s digital duty of care laws would lead to government control of speechFollow our Australian politics live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralians could still “listen to manosphere podcasts” or “say the moon landing was fake” under proposed new online safety laws, Anika Wells has stressed as she rubbished claims they would lead to government censorshipThe communications minister also said she was considering updates to the digital duty of care laws to allow individual Australians to directly sue big tech companies flouting the new rules. This has been a key demand from the Greens for their support for the laws, while the Coalition accuses Labor of plans to “secretly control Australian speech”.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s Politics, really newsletter here Continue reading...

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