This Thursday night at 8.30pm on Q+A - Bargaining with Big Tech: The government’s new media laws, regulating tech giants and the erosion of democracy.
Can you survive without Google? Could you last a day without news in your Facebook feed?
The tech giants have threatened to pull their services from Australia if the Government goes ahead with new laws forcing them to pay media outlets for their news content.
Should governments reign in the might of the tech sector? Will the proposed Media Code support traditional news media outlets? Has the spread of conspiracies and online extremism corrupted our democracies and how much is big tech to blame?
The Trump impeachment process has revealed the deadly intent of the insurrectionists who stormed Capitol Hill. How much did they organise online and was Twitter right to ban Trump?
Joining me on the panel:
Paul Fletcher, Communications Minister
Michelle Rowland, Shadow Communications Minister
Julie Inman Grant, Former tech industry insider and eSafety Commissioner
Lydia Khalil, International security expert
Hal Crawford, Media consultant and former news director
The show will close with a live performance from
The Rubens.
Please submit a question via our website by 9am Thursday for the chance to ask the panel.
Scroll down to watch last Thursday's highlights and toughest question asked by Fiona Bruce. 👇
Watch Q+A Thursday at 8.30pm on ABC TV,
streamed live 8.30pm AEST on ABC iview or on our
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Looking forward to hearing your questions.
Hamish Macdonald
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