Tag: misinformation

Australian government introduces bill to tackle disinformation on social media

The Albanese Government will introduce new legislation to Parliament, giving the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) expanded powers. This aims to hold digital platforms...

Legislating digital integrity: Communication and privacy in the age of deepfakes

The Albanese Labour Government recently passed the Criminal Code Amendment Bill 2024. This legislation, the Deepfake Sexual Material, targets non-consensual sexually explicit deepfakes by introducing...

The Role of Algorithms in Amplifying Misinformation

Social media has become the go-to source for news and information for many individuals due to the abundance of internet tools. These platforms have many...

The harmful effects of misinformation in social media (and how to fight them)

In an era dominated by the rapid dissemination of information through social media, the consequences of misinformation directly impact individuals, communities, and even whole societies....

AI tools are generating convincing misinformation. Engaging with them means being on high alert

Lisa M. Given, RMIT University AI tools can help us create content, learn about the world and (perhaps) eliminate the more mundane tasks in life...

ACMA gets new powers to combat misinformation on social media

The ACMA will be given more authority to combat the growing spread of misinformation and disinformation on social media....

ACMA eyes SMS scams, misinformation in 2022-23 compliance priorities

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) announced its compliance priorities for 2022 to 2023, highlighting misinformation and scams as two of the seven priority...

Study reveals media ‘partially stoked bad COVID-19 info’

A study found exaggerated media reporting during the early months of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout ‘stoked’ the global spread of rumors about supposed adverse effects....

Twitter upgrades warnings on misleading posts to avoid fake news

Twitter users will soon see new warning labels on false and misleading tweets, redesigned to make them more effective and less confusing. The labels, which...

New media literacy education campaign urges Australians to Check The Facts

A new media literacy education campaign is sharing strategies from the toolkit of professional fact-checkers to help people spot misinformation. The Check The Facts campaign,...

Social media is coward’s palace: Morrison and Barnaby Joyce backs social media crackdown

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has called social media a “coward’s place” where people can verbally abuse one another under the cover of anonymity and says...