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Kat Wong

Greens put nail in coffin of misinformation crackdown

Labor hasn't addressed the social media algorithms that fuel misinformation online, the Greens say. (Dan Peled/AAP PHOTOS)

A federal government push to stem the flow of deliberate lies online is dead in the water after the Greens said they wouldn't support it.

Labor's proposed laws don't effectively address the social media algorithms that fuel misinformation and put the onus on technology giants to decide what is true and false, Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young said.

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