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Tech giants face $6.8m fines in misinformation crackdown

Labor unveils historic draft laws empowering ACMA to hold digital platforms to account for failing to remove 'harmful' disinformation, misinformation.

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9:19AMJune 25, 2023.
Updated 5:30PMJune 25, 2023
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Minister for Communications Michelle Rowland said the proposed legislation was aimed at protecting Australians from the growing threat. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Martin Ollman
Minister for Communications Michelle Rowland said the proposed legislation was aimed at protecting Australians from the growing threat. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Martin Ollman

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Rhiannon Down is a political reporter in The Australian’s Canberra bureau. She began her career at the paper in the Sydney bureau, where she covered mostly courts and crime, after joining the newspaper as a cadet.

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