The immorality of X (formerly Twitter) – and their refusal to fully take down footage of the Wakeley church stabbing – echoes the unethical misinformation of the Australian mainstream press, Dr Victoria Fielding writes.
IN THE WAKE of the Government and regulator’s debate with X’s (formerly Twitter) Elon Musk about the take-down of footage of Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel being stabbed and the resurrection of misinformation laws, it’s time we stopped focusing only on the ills of social media and started recognising deliberately misleading, manipulative messages are platformed on all type of media — including mainstream media.
Mainstream media should be the platforms we are equally worried about because they have a much larger, more powerful influence on society.
Any regulation that focuses on social media without addressing manipulative content on mainstream news media just incentivises the already powerful mainstream media to continue to further undermine Australian democracy.
Discussing the rapid spread of disinformation during the …
