Electoral watchdog seeks new powers to curb platform disinformation


Joseph Brookes
Senior Reporter

Australia’s election watchdog has urged lawmakers to give him more enforcement powers and set up legislated minimum standards for online platforms to respond to disinformation amid a “deterioration in the information environment”.

The call for a new notice power and legislated standards for platforms to address suspected illegal content follows several pieces of disinformation around the 2025 federal election.

The regulator says it encountered varying response times and methods from …

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