Australian Govt Must Combat Foreign Interference On Social Media: Inquiry

An employee stands inside a Huawei flagship store in Beijing, on April 12, 2021. Andy Wong/AP Photo

The Australian government has been urged to act quickly and create a body tasked with tackling foreign interference promulgated on social media ahead of the nation’s 2022 federal election.

Large-scale coordinated disinformation campaigns led by the Russian government and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) have pervaded platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, and YouTube, many of whom have made efforts to cull swathes of illegitimate accounts.