Misinformation and disinformation spread via digital platform services is a major issue worldwide. The Australian Government has released the draft Communications Legislation Amendment (Combatting Misinformation and Disinformation) Bill 2023 to address this growing challenge. This fact sheet outlines the proposed legislative changes.

This report is a review of the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman's systemic issues work for the period 1 July 2020 to 30 April 2023, and serves two purposes. It sheds light on the prevalent issues seen when considering each systemic investigation as part of a greater whole, and makes recommendations where these themes show that the...

The purpose of this paper is to encourage public servants and agencies to discuss and think carefully about their activities on social media, and to help them recognise some of the issues and risks.

This paper reviews available research on how the internet facilitates radicalisation and measures to prevent it. It briefly canvasses evidence on the extent to which the internet contributes to radicalisation broadly, and who is most susceptible to its influence, before delving further into the mechanisms underpinning the relationship between the internet and violent extremism.

This report is part of a long-running international survey coordinated by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. The report delivers comparative data on media usage in 46 countries and across 6 continents. In an increasingly digitalised news environment, Australian news consumers report an overall positive experience of engaging with news online or on...