Michael Shellenberger blasts Labor’s ‘sinister’ misinformation bill

Author Michael Shellenberger has hit out at the Labor Party’s “sinister” misinformation bill which he claimed would be an excuse for the government to “exercise control” over Australians. The contentious bill aims to reduce the spread of harmful misinformation and disinformation on digital communication platforms. “It would basically allow the prime minister and communications minister to criminalise any kind of speech. It has a provision that would allow them to censor misleading speech, which is just speech where people might get the wrong idea from true facts and accurate information,” he told Sky News host Rita Panahi.