'Fake news' is already spreading online in the election campaign – it's up to us to stop it
- Written by: Michael Jensen, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Governance and Policy Analysis, University of Canberra
Claims of 'fake news' and misinformation campaigns have already arisen in the federal election campaign, a problem the political parties and tech companies are ill-equipped to addressRitchie B. Tongo/EPA
We’re only days into the federal election campaign and already the first instances of “fake news” have surfaced online.
Over the...