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Foreign interference through social media is an active threat. Here’s what Australia can do
The Conversation
07/08/2023
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Abstract
Last week, a special Senate committee released a report on foreign interference through social media.
It makes for scary reading. In addition to widely publicised criticisms of WeChat and TikTok – social media platforms owned by Chinese companies – the committee found US-based platforms like X (formerly known as Twitter), Meta, LinkedIn and YouTube have been targeted by foreign interference campaigns.
Yet no one has been convicted for foreign interference since Australian law reforms on this were passed in 2018. So, what’s going on?
Details
- Title
- Foreign interference through social media is an active threat. Here’s what Australia can do
- Creators
- Brendan Walker-Munro - The University of QueenslandSarah Kendall - The University of Queensland
- Publication Details
- The Conversation
- Publisher
- The Conversation Media Group; Australia
- Identifiers
- 991013167309702368
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Business, Law and Arts
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Magazine article