Nationals Senator Matt Canavan has lashed Labor’s misinformation bill, warning of the risk it poses to freedom of speech in Australia.
The government’s draft legislation, which Labor seeks to pass in the Senate by the end of this year, will force social media companies to crack down on misinformation and disinformation on their platforms.“attack” on freedom of speech, which led to the government overhauling the proposal Picture: NewsWire/ Richard Gosling
"It's because Donald Trump won, it's because Brexit won, it's because we won the Voice. That's why they're trying to censor us now," the Nationals Senator told the crowd. Public submissions on the misinformation bill closed last month. Picture: Michael M. Santiago / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP “The first is that the social media companies have unprecedented powers to decide what is misinformation," she said last week.
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