Platform giants could give up on misinformation fight


Joseph Brookes
Senior Reporter

The industry group representing companies like Meta and Google has signalled it could drop the term misinformation from its self-regulatory code in Australia after the controversy surrounding the government’s failed attempt to set up external oversight.

In what could be an embarrassing consequence for the the Albanese government’s twice shelved misinformation legislation, the Digital Industry Group Inc. (DIGI) this week said regulation could be an “inappropriate approach to misinformation” and …

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