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Morrison needs to counter Australian and American disinformation too
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Morrison needs to counter Australian and American disinformation too
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Australia has taken strides to defeat disinformation from authoritarian states but Prime Minister Scott Morrison must be able to counter it from his own MPs and Australia s allies too.
Like cyber attacks, fake news narratives represent a growing threat to our way of life.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison declined to criticise Nationals MP George Christensen.
Credit:Alex Ellinghausen
A report by the European Commission last year found foreign actors and countries, led by Moscow and Beijing, had carried out targeted disinformation campaigns aimed at undermining democratic debate and stoking confusion about the COVID-19 pandemic.