4.10 - Global Digital Brinkmanship
from This Week In Cyberspace Hosted by Nell Schofield and Brett Solomon
We examine the growing battle between tech giants and governments around the world. In the US, Biden has signed off on an ultimatum to Tik Tok to divest or be banned. In Australia, the eSafety Commissioner has issued an ultimatum to X to either take down the video of the stabbing of a bishop in Sydney or pay a daily fine of $785,000 per day. And then there's the European Union where the digital commissioner says a new ‘task and reward program’ on TikTok Lite could be as ‘addictive as cigarettes’. It's the age of global digital brinkmanship.
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