Labor has demanded Facebook investigate apparent “fake news” posts claiming the opposition is planning to introduce a “death tax” on inheritances, in the first major test of the social media giant’s promise to crack down on false election material.
Labor has demanded Facebook investigate apparent "fake news" posts claiming the opposition is planning to introduce a "death tax" on inheritances, in the first major test of the social media giant's promise to crack down on false election material.
Labor's campaign headquarters wrote yesterday to Facebook warning that the rapid proliferation of the posts on Thursday and Friday could taint the federal election. The posts about the Australian election carry a link to a press release issued by Mr Frydenberg in January that said Labor's assistant treasury spokesman Andrew Leigh had written an article in 2006 - when he was an academic - favourable to introducing an inheritance tax.
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