‘Arrogant’ tech companies must ‘fess up’ to harm done to children by social media, Albanese says


Meta’s claims that social media doesn’t harm children ‘can’t be taken seriously’, inquiry told

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Tech executives need to “fess up” to the damage their platforms have caused, the prime minister says, while taking aim at the “arrogant” and “out of touch” social media companies.

Anthony Albanese’s comments come after Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, told a parliamentary inquiry in Canberra it didn’t think social media had harmed children.

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