The Australian government wants to introduce powers to fine social media platforms up to 5% of their global revenue if they fail to stop the spread of misinformation under a revised legislative plan introduced Thursday, Reuters reports.  The planned law, which looks similar to the European Union’s Digital Services Act (DSA), drew swift condemnation from […]

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