By Byron Kaye BRISBANE, Australia (Reuters) - At a beachfront park in Brisbane's north, suspended Australian doctor William Bay told a gathering that ...
STORY CONTINUES BELOW THESE SALTWIRE VIDEOSBRISBANE, Australia - At a beachfront park in Brisbane's north, suspended Australian doctor William Bay told a gathering that an upcoming referendum to recognise the country's first inhabitants and enshrine an Indigenous advisory body in the constitution would"open a gateway to unending tyranny and lawlessness".
These influencers are playing an outsized role in the debate, spreading falsehoods that threaten to put the landmark vote at risk of failing, eight political analysts and anti-misinformation experts told Reuters. The direct link between COVID agitators and misinformation about the Voice has not been previously reported in detail.
Not one X post containing electoral misinformation was marked or taken down in the monitoring period, before or after being reported, Reset.Tech said. A Meta spokesperson said the company wanted healthy debate on its platforms but it was"challenging to always strike the right balance" when some users"want to abuse our services during election periods and referendums".
Speaking to Reuters, Bay denied spreading misinformation, saying he considered his claims accurate. He acknowledged his statements"may carry some weight" given his public profile related to the pandemic. Tristan Van Rye, an electrician with 22,000 Facebook followers after protesting against COVID vaccines, wrote in a July 10 post that the Indigenous body would"take control of certain beaches, nature reserves, national forests and either totally restrict access to all Australians, or charge them fees to access the land". Hood, Hanson and Van Rye did not respond to Reuters' questions about the spread of misinformation.
"I've only got political within the last two years," the account operator, Rosita Diaz, 75, told Reuters by phone."99.9% of what I post is 100% correct. I would say 100% but some people would turn around and call me a liar. Sometimes I might get something wrong."
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