Social Media Giant's "On Notice" 10/5/24
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  Social media giants such as Meta and TikTok have been put on notice, with the federal government announcing a wide-ranging probe into online platforms’ potential harm to Australians.  Confronting footage has emerged of pro-Palestinian students at Queensland’s largest university admitting they would be terrorists if involved in the overseas conflict. Troubled former North Melbourne footballer Tarryn Thomas is again being investigated by police for allegedly harassing a former partner.  A Port Lincoln father allegedly caught with methamphetamine in Bali was sent an unsolicited package, purportedly holding lubricant but actually containing drugs, while in the Indonesian party capital. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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