The tech industry is considering abandoning its obligations to combat online misinformation in Australia, claiming that regulation is too “politically charged and contentious”.

The digital platforms lobby group Digi launched the Australian Code of Practice on Disinformation and Misinformation in 2021, with signatories including Facebook (now Meta), Google, Microsoft and Twitter (now X).

Misinformation is false or deceptive information that may not be deliberately spread, while disinformation is information spread deliberately to cause confusion or undermine trust in governments or institutions, according to the Australian Communications and Media Authority

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Under the code, companies are required to offer tools for people to report misinformation and dis

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