Potential new laws could give Australia's media watchdog the ability to retract information from the world's most powerful tech companies if they fail to meet standards of a voluntary misinformation and disinformation code of practice.
The federal government will give the media regulator new legislative powers in an attempt to reduce the spread of misinformation and disinformation on global technology platforms such as Twitter, YouTube and Facebook.
Under the laws, tech giants would be forced to hand over information to the media regulator about efforts to tackle misinformation and disinformation.The previous government, under then communications minister Paul Fletcher, attempted to introduce the same laws but did not do so before the 2022 federal election.
Under the proposed laws, which are expected to be legislated by the end of this year, the ACMA will have the power legally to request information from tech platforms such as Meta, Google and Twitter such as data on complaints handling and how they manage the spread of harmful content.
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