Tanya Plibersek: Joan Kirner Social Justice Oration 2024

Plibersek’s speech was titled  Pushing Back - a Call to Rethink our Relationship with Social Media:

Much of social media runs on division and conflict. Just look at X. The tweets that are the most extreme and negative, have the most engagement. More engagement means more profit.

So, if Big Tech won’t change algorithms, and if we can’t hack our way out of these misogynistic feeds, then what can we do?

We need a safer online environment for kids.

 We should all strive to keep young people safer online. There is no longer a choice. We must push back.