Media

A senate report on foreign interference through social media channels in Australia is proposing a co-ordinated national approach to ensure online platforms work harder to combat false information.

A proposed new law designed to fight online misinformation is little comfort to ‘Yes’ campaigners who are horrified by what is being spread on social media.

Ben Roberts-Smith is appealing last month’s landmark defamation judgement that found the decorated soldier had committed war crimes.

A move by the Victorian government has made details of its spending on advertorial with sites such as The Betoota Advocate impossible to access.

A former SAS soldier who served with Ben Roberts-Smith says other witnesses who did not give evidence in his defamation case will come forward if there is a criminal trial.

The ‘No’ case is leading the social media campaign over the Voice. While there is little evidence of bots being used, there is a co-ordinated approach and an increase in hate speech.

Rupert Murdoch’s defamation settlement in the US is a reminder of how concentrated his influence is in Australia – and of the inadequacies of local media regulation.

Fox’s defamation payout to Dominion Voting Systems is the largest in US media history, but amounts to a good deal for the Murdochs as they embark on talks to renew multibillion-dollar contracts with major cable providers. It comes as Lachlan Murdoch abandons his case against Australian website Crikey in an effort to move on from the 2020 election.

Dominion’s defamation trial against Fox News is set to begin, with Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch forced to take the stand as their media empire is sued for $US1.6 billion.

As Australia follows the US and other countries to ban TikTok on government devices, will the next move be a total veto of the Chinese-controlled social media app?