The Greens had argued the plan to police falsehoods online did not go far enough, while the Coalition warned of censorship.
Labor has scrapped a controversial plan to crack down on lies in major public debates after a Senate outcry meant the draft law against misinformation was destined for defeat.
The misinformation regime aimed to give federal authorities the power to force tech giants to act on alerts about damaging falsehoods and stop them spreading before they cause serious harm, citing cases such as theBut independent senators including David Pocock, Jacqui Lambie, Tammy Tyrrell, Fatima Payman and Gerard Rennick objected to the proposal, putting it on course for defeat even if Labor gained support from the Greens.
“Based on public statements and engagements with senators, it is clear that there is no pathway to legislate this proposal through the Senate,” she said. Opposition communications spokesman David Coleman said the government should have dropped the bill 18 months ago when the Coalition raised concerns about how a federal agency would determine the truth in disputes about what was said online.
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