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Andrea Carson, Professor of Political Communication, Department of Politics, Media and Philosophy, La Trobe University

More stick, less carrot: Australia’s new approach to tackling fake news on digital platforms

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An urgent problem for governments around the world in the digital age is how to tackle the harms caused by mis- and disinformation, and Australia is no exception.

Together, mis- and disinformation fall under the umbrella term of “fake news”. While this phenomenon isn’t new, the internet makes its rapid, vast spread unprecedented.

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