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Albanese seeks Apple's support for Australia's online safety and AI regulation
September 20, 2026 at 01:28 PM
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2 reports · 1 in Arabic, 1 in English · over 14 hours
Australian PM Anthony Albanese met Apple CEO Tim Cook at the company's headquarters, seeking big tech backing for Canberra's online safety laws and AI regulation.
- Albanese met Cook at Apple's Cupertino headquarters on Saturday to discuss protecting children from online harm.
- Australia last December became the first country to ban under-16s from social media platforms.
- New Australian legislation unveiled this month imposes a duty-of-care requirement on social media firms and lets users turn off their algorithms.
- Albanese said Australia will introduce new AI standards by the end of the year.