{"id":19517,"date":"2023-06-26T02:00:35","date_gmt":"2023-06-26T02:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nftandcrypto-news.com\/crypto\/keep-australia-safe-dystopian-draft-bill-against-misinformation-unveiled\/"},"modified":"2023-06-26T02:00:37","modified_gmt":"2023-06-26T02:00:37","slug":"keep-australia-safe-dystopian-draft-bill-against-misinformation-unveiled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nftandcrypto-news.com\/crypto\/keep-australia-safe-dystopian-draft-bill-against-misinformation-unveiled\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Keep Australia safe’: Dystopian draft bill against ‘misinformation’ unveiled"},"content":{"rendered":"
A draft bill from the Australian government is warning tech and social media giants to remove misinformation from their platforms or be prepared to pay up big fines.<\/p>\n
The new draft bill would see the country’s media regulator \u2014 the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) \u2014 armed with the power to make it obligatory for digital platforms such as Google and Facebook to maintain records concerning misinformation and disinformation on their platforms.<\/p>\n
These companies would be required to hand these records over anytime the ACMA asks. <\/p>\n
Additionally, the ACMA would be able to request and enforce an industry-wide “code of practice” that introduces new measures to combat misinformation. The ACMA would be able to create and implement its own industry standard. <\/p>\n