Jacqui Lambie (Tasmania, Jacqui Lambie Network) Share this | Hansard source

My question is for the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Minister Wong. Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, recently told this parliament that they have over 130 employees in Australia. Their business here is, in their own words, as a reseller of advertising services. But none of these employees seem to work on safety for Australian users. Apparently, Meta thinks it's okay to globally outsource all that to Singapore and beyond, and we don't have laws telling them otherwise. Why is the Albanese government going to spend millions of dollars of taxpayers' money on trying to keep under-16s off social media before it legislates mandatory protections on social media companies?