from the government of Australia
On 19 September 2024, the Senate referred the provisions of the Communications Legislation Amendment (Combatting Misinformation and Disinformation) Bill 2024 (the bill) to the Environment and Communications Legislation Committee for report by 25 November 2024.
Submissions close on the 30 September 2024.
The committee has received a large volume of material for this inquiry. The secretariat is processing this material as quickly as possible. Submissions will be loaded to the committee website in due course.
About this inquiry:
The bill proposes to amend the Broadcasting Services Act 1992
and would make consequential amendments to other Acts to establish a new
framework to safeguard against serious harms caused by misinformation
or disinformation.
The bill would provide
the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) with new
regulatory powers to require digital communications platform providers
to take steps to manage the risk that misinformation and disinformation
on digital communications platforms poses in Australia. These would
include obligations on providers to assess and report on risks relating
to misinformation and disinformation, to publish their policy in
relation to managing misinformation and disinformation, and develop and
publish a media literacy plan.
The bill would also provide ACMA with new information gathering, record
keeping, code registration and standard making powers to oversee digital
communications platform providers.
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