The intervention from Labor’s president also follows the establishment of a new select committee of the Australian parliament to examine foreign interference through social media. Conservatives on social media “effectively circulated false claims about a Labor death tax”, he says. “First – the social media giants should be recognised for what they are, which is publishers. “Second – as publishers, the social media giants need to take responsibility for ensuring that the content on their platforms isn’t riddled with misinformation or hate. But the social media giant declined to play censor.

Source: The Guardian December 05, 2019 14:00 UTC