MIL-Evening Report: The government and tech companies can’t prevent ‘fake news’ during the election – only the public can

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Facebook isn't responsive enough to fake news. The Australian Electoral Commission isn't equipped to deal with it. And so, this election, the responsibility falls on the public to be “combatants in cyberspace”, argues Michael Jensen in this crossposting from The Conversation.

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News and Media; Social Media; Politics