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[Link] Morrison government asks Facebook, Twitter and Google to block Russian state media ‘disinformation’

Read: 3/3/2022 www.theguardian.com

The Australian government has asked Facebook, Twitter, Google and other digital platforms to block content generated by Russian state media to curb “disinformation in relation to the Russian invasion of Ukraine”.

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[Link] Sky News claims Alan Jones’s misleading commentary balanced by covering daily Covid press conferences

Read: 19/1/2022 www.theguardian.com

Sky News sought to justify misleading Covid commentary then-host Alan Jones put to air, saying it was balanced by coverage of the daily Covid press conferences, according to a letter sent to the broadcasting regulator.

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[Link] Sky News Australia to face Senate inquiry after week-long YouTube suspension

Read: 7/8/2021 www.theguardian.com

Sky News Australia will face a Senate inquiry next week after the broadcaster was suspended for seven days for posting numerous videos which violated YouTube’s Covid medical misinformation policies.

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[Link] Thousands of YouTube comments on Sky News Australia video celebrate BLM activist being shot in head

Read: 31/5/2021 www.theguardian.com

Sky News Australia’s YouTube channel has published more than 9,000 comments mostly celebrating and mocking the shooting of a Black Lives Matter activist in Britain who is fighting for her life.

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