Online platforms spreading misinformation and disinformation could face millions of dollars in penalties under new proposed federal government legislation that bolsters the power of Australia's media watchdog.
https://www.acma.gov.au/ would have the power to go after an organisation for publishing it, so effectively them.
I don’t have a problem with this in principle, I would just want there to be some caveats in it.
Conspiracy theories spreading on Facebook are a problem that Facebook needs to step up and help address, but that doesn’t mean I think they should be held liable every time a cooker posts nonsense.
https://www.acma.gov.au/ would have the power to go after an organisation for publishing it, so effectively them.
I don’t have a problem with this in principle, I would just want there to be some caveats in it.
Conspiracy theories spreading on Facebook are a problem that Facebook needs to step up and help address, but that doesn’t mean I think they should be held liable every time a cooker posts nonsense.