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Facebook, Google, Twitter release industry code to fight spread of disinformation
Tech companies including Facebook and Google have released the final version of a long-awaited industry code to address the spread of misinformation on their services in Australia.
Key points:
- Signatories committed to develop and implement measures to deal with misinformation and disinformation on their services
- Australian media regulator calls the industry code “flexible and proportionate”
- Federal government says it will be “watching carefully” to see its effect
The release comes only days after Facebook blocked Australians from viewing and sharing “news content” on its platform, leading experts to predict that misinformation would spread more rapidly in the news vacuum.
The code could change the experience of using social media in…
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