Tag: misinformation

The role of social media in COVID protests

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government must require greater transparency from the social media giants about COVID-19 misinformation following the large-scale anti-lockdown protests in Sydney and Melbourne at the weekend, shadow assistant...

Facebook removed 110,000 Covid posts by Aussies

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Facebook removed 110,000 pieces of COVID-19 misinformation posted by Australian pages or accounts in the first year of the pandemic, with 14 billion posts removed around the world from...

$9m pledged to combat 5G misinformation

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government will spend $9 million conducting a public awareness campaign on the safety of 5G technology in order to combat the spread of misinformation on social media....
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