Combating Online ‘Misinformation’ for Who?

Commentary The Australian government has announced its intention to forge ahead with misinformation legislation. The idea is to empower the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) to force social media platforms to tackle any alleged “misinformation.”  This means views incompatible with the official narrative could be deemed “harmful” in the view of the public authorities.  Of course, reasonable people have different views about what constitutes harm.  For example, many reasonable people would assume that the government’s information about mRNA vaccines as being “safe and effective” constitutes harm and misinformation. However, the country’s leaders who control government content will ensure this is not the case. ...