Australian senators are questioning why Facebook isn’t tougher on anti-vax content that is present on the social media platform following a number of protests over the weekend.
The country’s Labor party is warning the company that “it has serious questions to answer” when it comes to its activities in Australia.
It comes as the latest Senate Hearing Committee into foreign interference on social media gets set to take evidence from Google and Twitter today.
Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young told the New Daily “despite all its claims of acting to stem the publication of false information, the platform clearly continues to be used to spread misinformation”.
Facebook has defended its actions, saying it deleted numerous posts last week that were being used to organise anti-vax protests.
The Senate Committee was initially formed to deal with foreign interference through platforms like TikTok.
But recent events have prompted the members to shift their attention onto the spread of lies, misinformation, and hate speech on social media sites.
