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Meta should worry about AI trust erosion, not regulation: Australian official

By Saloni Sinha and James Panichi ( July 18, 2025, 07:04 GMT | Insight) -- Meta Platform’s recent comments recommending that lawmakers shun “specific technical standards or compliance mechanisms” in favor of a more general and business-friendly approach to avoid hampering the development of artificial intelligence has been slammed by Australia’s top privacy official. In a post on LinkedIn, Privacy Commissioner Carly Kind rejected Meta’s arguments, saying it was “hard to think of a more pro-consumer initiative than stronger regulation and enforcement of privacy protections, [particularly] in the digital domain.”Meta Platform's recent comments recommending that lawmakers shun “specific technical standards or compliance mechanisms” in favor of a more general and business-friendly approach to avoid hampering the development of artificial intelligence has been slammed by Australia’s top privacy official....

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