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Govt pushes back misinformation bill

The Albanese government has pushed back controversial legislation to bring more oversight and enforcement against online information until next year to better define terms and add a carve out...

Twitter switches off misinformation reporting feature

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Twitter has disabled a feature allowing users to report potentially misleading information on the social media platform, just weeks out from the vote for constitutional recognition of First Nations...

Voice misinformation waived through by platforms: Report

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Online platforms Facebook, TikTok and Twitter are allowing misinformation about the Voice to Parliament to run as paid advertisements, raising fresh questions about content moderation ahead of new regulator...

Big Tech misinformation reports ‘not working’: ACMA

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Misinformation reports produced by digital platform providers like Meta, Twitter and TikTok under the voluntary industry code are “not working to provide transparency”, the communications watchdog has argued in...

Google govt relations lead appointed to ACMA

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australia’s media watchdog has hired Google Australia’s government relations lead directly from the tech giant, insisting it can manage any conflicts of interests through established processes as it gears...

Big Tech concerns with misinformation laws ‘valid’: ACMA

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Big Tech concerns with proposed misinformation and disinformation laws that will grant new powers to the Australian Communications and Media Authority are “very valid”, according to the regulator’s chair...

New misinformation laws could be ‘abused’: Meta

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Misinformation laws proposed by the Albanese government to hold social media platforms to account for harmful content on their platforms could inadvertently be “abused” to the detriment of free...

Consultation opens on draft laws on misinformation

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Communications minister Michelle Rowland has released draft legislation that would give the Australian Media and Communications Authority new powers to hold social media platforms and others accountable for harmful...

Twitter withholding Australian disinformation data

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Twitter was the only tech giant covered by Australia’s voluntary disinformation and misinformation code not to publish data on the volume of local content removed from its social media...