Labor is mounting a draconian push to regulate smart devices which will prevent Australians from seeing the most relevant content when they switch on their TV. a.k.a. government propaganda with take the forefront. Might as well put an image of big brother on peoples screens.

The move has been pushed by the FreeTV lobby group, together with the ABC and SBS, which wants manufacturers to pre-install all TV apps from their brands on home screens and offer their specific content first in search results and recommendations.

FreeTV’s expectations for how this legislation should work extends as far as people searching for news content through voice-activated TVs, with their submission into the proposed legislation demanding “if a Regulated Device is voice activated, when a consumer asks for “news”, the consumer must first be offered the Local TV Services that provide news content, with priority given to any such Local TV Services that the consumer has previously accessed”.

You can read the full article here – https://www.skynews.com.au/business/media/australian-smart-tvs-to-be-regulated-through-prominence-legislation-to-make-governmentfunded-news-appear-ahead-of-commercial-outlets/news-story/dfb7fec68d85ad4a41641d90d317d82a