New ‘Misinformation’ Law Gets the Balance of Power All Wrong

Social media apps displayed on a mobile phone screen on Jan. 3, 2018. Yui Mok/PA

Commentary

In June, the Albanese Labor government released an exposure draft of a dystopian proposed legislation that will empower a government body, the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), to police online “misinformation” and “disinformation.”