After revealing plans for an age limit on social media platforms on Tuesday, the Albanese Government will today introduce new laws to crack down on doxxing, and to give our media regulator more powers against big tech companies carrying misinformation and disinformation online. Under the bill, the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) could issue fines of up to 5% of global revenue to the likes of Meta and X if they don’t comply. It’s among a raft of steps the government is taking against big tech companies, with new legislation to reduce “criminal conduct” and online scams due on Friday. Measures to protect Australians as artificial intelligence gets more and more take up are also coming, along with a new plan to make the tech companies that carry news to pay local publishers for it.