'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...