{"id":1969369,"date":"2023-07-11T07:12:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T11:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/meta-tells-australia-inquiry-it-will-label-government-affiliated-media-accounts\/"},"modified":"2023-07-11T07:13:15","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T11:13:15","slug":"meta-tells-australia-inquiry-it-will-label-government-affiliated-media-accounts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/meta-tells-australia-inquiry-it-will-label-government-affiliated-media-accounts\/","title":{"rendered":"Meta will identify government-affiliated media accounts, informs Australia inquiry."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmeta-tells-australia-inquiry-it-will-label-government-affiliated-media-accounts%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1969369&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>Meta Platforms to Label Government-Affiliated Media on Threads<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>By Byron Kaye and Lewis Jackson<\/p>\n<p>Social media giant Meta Platforms, owner of Facebook and Instagram, plans to label government-affiliated media accounts on its new Twitter-like platform Threads, an executive told an Australian inquiry on foreign interference on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAreas such as labels for state-affiliated media and fact-checking are all areas where we see a lot of value, and it\u2019s our aspiration to build that out expeditiously,\u201d <strong>Josh Machin<\/strong>, Meta\u2019s head of public policy for Australia, told the Senate inquiry.<\/p>\n<p>The disclosure comes less than a week after Meta launched Threads, which is widely seen as similar to the microblogging site Twitter. <\/p>\n<p>Twitter has removed tags from government-affiliated accounts since billionaire Elon Musk took it private in 2022, bringing complaints about degrading users\u2019 media literacy.<\/p>\n<p>Asked if Russian state-affiliated broadcaster RT or Chinese government-affiliated publisher Xinhua News Agency would be tagged accordingly on Threads, Machin said, \u201cthat\u2019s our aspiration\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo the effect that any state-affiliated media are violating our policies, we would remove them,\u201d he told the inquiry. \u201cBroader functionality around tags\u2026 are all top priorities for us as we continue to bring out the product.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meta\u2019s Facebook and Instagram platforms already have tags on the RT and Xinhua accounts noting they are state-controlled media from Russia and China, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>RT\u2019s Threads account lacked such a label when Reuters checked on Tuesday, while Xinhua did not appear to have a Threads account.<\/p>\n<p>Australian senator James Paterson, asking Meta about its labelling plans for Threads, told the inquiry Twitter\u2019s removal of foreign government affiliation tags was \u201cextremely concerning from a transparency view\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter declined to comment. Twitter executives are scheduled to appear at the inquiry later on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Meta\u2019s Machin told the inquiry the company was concerned by an Australian proposal to give media regulator the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) powers to police and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/states-push-to-rein-in-big-tech-as-federal-gears-grind-slow\/\" title=\"States Push to Rein in Big Tech as Federal Gears Grind Slow\">fine social media companies<\/a> for enabling the spread of disinformation and misinformation.<\/p>\n<p>Meta would support giving ACMA power to enforce an existing industry code of conduct, which includes proactively weeding out false content, but \u201cthe draft legislation goes further\u201d, he said, referring to the proposal which is currently under industry consultation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can see some potential for that power to be abused, or for it to be used in a way that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/meta-tells-australia-inquiry-it-will-label-government-affiliated-media-accounts\/\" title=\"Meta will identify government-affiliated media accounts, informs Australia inquiry.\">chills legitimate free expression online<\/a>,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>(This story has been refiled to clarify that Meta plans to label government affiliated publishers in the headline and lead paragraph and say Threads, not Thread, in paragraph 7)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p> (Reporting by Byron Kaye and Lewis Jackson; Editing by Jamie Freed and Lincoln Feast)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/uncategorized\/meta-tells-australia-inquiry\/attachment\/file-photo-illustration-shows-meta-threads-app-logo\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>\u00a0Meanwhile, the House of Representatives introduces a piece of legislation, aimed at restoring public trust in elections. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>White House censorship efforts are thwarted, while critics try to censor Sound of Freedom.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>New York Governor Kathy Hochul blames her predecessor Andrew Cuomo for the bail mess in the state as she claims New York City is safe again.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The mayor of a city in Atlanta, Georgia was arrested for trespassing over the weekend. Mayor\u00a0Khalid Kamau of the City of South Fulton also\u00a0faces a\u00a0first-degree burglary charge after he trespassed on private property at a lake house on Saturday morning.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Byron Kaye and Lewis Jackson SYDNEY (Reuters) \u2013 Social media giant Meta Platforms, owner of Facebook and Instagram, plans to label\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>BEIJING (Reuters) \u2013 China\u2019s science and technology ministry held a meeting on July 5 with firms including Xiaomi, iFlytek and Alibaba Cloud\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Tanvi Mehta NEW DELHI (Reuters) \u2013 Taiwan\u2019s Foxconn has decided to withdraw from a $19.5 billion semiconductor joint venture with Vedanta,\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>(Reuters) \u2013 Taiwan\u2019s Foxconn said on Monday it had withdrawn from a $19.5 billion semiconductor joint venture with Indian metals-to-oil conglomerate Vedanta,\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>that Meta Platforms intends to address on its Threads platform,&#8221; said an executive during an Australian inquiry on foreign interference. The social media giant, which owns Facebook and Instagram, aims to label government-affiliated media accounts on Threads, similar to Twitter. 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