An Australian industry association backed by Facebook, Google, and Twitter said Monday that it is creating a new independent oversight committee to help address complaints about misinformation, just a day after the Australian government threatened to pass tougher laws over false and misleading content online.
Social media posts deemed to be dangerous have become an important issue between the Big Tech companies and the Australian government, which last year passed a controversial law that forced platforms including Facebook to pay license fees for content in order to help news outlets.
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