Over the last four years, the Australian ruling classes have demonstrated an insatiable appetite for power and control over our supposedly free and democratic society. As further evidence of this, the Labor government, with the support of the Coalition Opposition, is now planning to forge ahead with ‘misinformation’ legislation to empower the Australian Communications and Media Authority to force the social media platforms to tackle any alleged ‘misinformation’.

The Australian Minister for Communications, Michelle Rowlands, believes that ‘holding social media companies accountable for seriously harmful misinformation and disinformation on their platforms has never been more important’.