The Australian government has withdrawn a bill that would have fined online platforms up to 5 percent of their global revenue if they failed to stop the

The Australian government's controversial mis- and disinformation bill has been abandoned after fierce opposition from civil liberty groups, human rights advocates, and faith groups saw it fail to attract the required support from other political parties to make it through the nation's upper house.

Australia’s government has withdrawn a bill that would give a media watchdog power to monitor digital platforms and require them to keep records about misinformation and disinformation on their networ

The Australian government has withdrawn a controversial bill that would have imposed hefty fines on internet companies for failing to curb misinformat