New online 'misinformation' bill slammed as 'biggest attack' on freedoms in Australia
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The Australian government tried to push new laws on disinformation last year, but critics blasted the effort and forced officials to reconsider their approach to the issue.
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Storey called the proposed laws "the single biggest attack on freedom of speech in Australia’s peacetime history."
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