Can you survive without Google? Could you last a day without news in your Facebook feed?
| | | | | | 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 website.
Looking forward to hearing your questions.
Hamish Macdonald
Forward this newsletter to a friend so they can sign up here |
|
|
|
| Get to know the panellists |
|
|
|
|
| | Communications Minister Paul Fletcher, along with Treasurer Josh Frydenberg, have met with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to discuss plans to force tech giants to pay for news sourced from local media outlets. | | LEARN MORE |
|
|
|
|
| | Last year, Labor's communications spokeswoman Michelle Rowland said the Government needed to deliver "a workable (news media) code to support the sustainability of public interest journalism." | | LEARN MORE |
|
|
|
|
| | eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant last year told a budget estimates hearing that " 70 per cent of Australians... have experienced a negative online experience since COVID hit in March." | | LEARN MORE |
|
|
|
|
Catch Up On Thursday's Show |
|
|
|
|
| What role has aerosol transmission played when it comes to COVID cases in hotel quarantine? Do we need federal guidance on how we can manage this mode of transmission? | | WATCH |
|
|
|
|
| How can people who oppose or are hesitant about getting the COVID-19 vaccine be assured that approved vaccines are safe? | | WATCH |
|
|
|
|
| A vaccine could be our most powerful weapon in the fight against COVID-19. So when will it be available? Who will get priority and how will it change the way we live, work and travel? Is our national strategy the right one? | | WATCH |
|
|
|
|
| On Q+A, Susan Dekker submitted a video thanking Grace Tame for speaking out as a survivor of abuse. The following week, her daughter Brooke let Q+A know that Susan hadn't told many about her experience. | | WATCH |
|
|
|
|
| Discover more of the ABC on our Apps | | Find out how to download your favourite app. |
|
|
|
|
| | | The ABC sent this message to [email protected], these details are included to help provide assurance that this is a genuine email from ABC. Any personal details and data acquired by the ABC from your participation in any ABC Online Servces will be used only in accordance with the ABC's Privacy Policy
©2020 Australian Broadcasting Corporation ABC, ABN 52 429 278 345, 700 Harris St Ultimo, NSW, 2007, Australia
| | | | |
| | |
|
|
unsubscribe - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
