The Australian government has not ruled out taking tougher action against social media giants like Facebook and Twitter if a new industry-developed code fails to limit the spread of misinformation and disinformation on their platforms. The new code of practice, developed by industry organisation Digi and released on Monday, has been adopted by Twitter, Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Redbubble and TikTok. Under the new code, signatories will be.
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The federal government is pulling all its advertising campaigns from Facebook, as the social media platform continues to block Australians from accessing news.
Key points:
The government will stop all advertising on Facebook while the platform blocks news for Australians
Over the course of a year, the move could cost Facebook more than $10 million in revenue
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