Laws to regulate misinformation online abandoned
ABCLaws that would have forced social media companies to police misinformation and outright lies on their platforms have been formally abandoned by the federal government. Michelle Rowland said the misinformation bill would have combated seriously harmful content on social media. Ms Rowland argued the bill would have combated "seriously harmful content" on digital platforms, while maintaining freedom of speech protections. Senator Cash said the Coalition's proposal when it was in government was not the same, and would have worked with social media companies to ensure their fact-checking processes were better. Shadow Communications Minister David Coleman said the bill was "appalling" and should never have been put forward, and would have had the effect of suppressing the free speech of Australians, as platforms would have censored content to avoid fines.
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