Following the Guardian’s revelations on Friday, the chair of the inquiry, Labor MP Jenny McAllister, said “malign actors” must be stopped from using covert and deceptive means to spread disinformation on social media platforms. McAllister earlier said it would be in the interests of social media giants to give evidence to the inquiry and that “I think Australians will expect to hear from them”. “I’ll be asking the select committee on foreign interference through social media to invite Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook executives to give evidence,” Faruqi told the Guardian. It really concerns me that we’re nowhere near the bottom of this yet.”Zuckerberg is unlikely to appear before Australian parliament. It will examine what social media giants are doing to respond, international policy responses, and the extent of compliance with Australian laws.

Source: The Guardian December 07, 2019 18:56 UTC