Senate Select Committee on Foreign Interference through Social Media

July 2023

© Commonwealth of Australia 2023
ISBN: 978-1-76093-525-2

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Abbreviations and acronyms
Foreword
List of recommendations
Chapter 1 - Introduction and background
  • Definitions
  • What is foreign interference
  • Foreign interference via social media
Chapter 2 - Foreign interference in Australia
  • Foreign interference in Australia
  • Tactics
  • Emerging Tactics
Chapter 3 - International issues
  • Europe
  • United States
  • United Kingdom
  • Canada
  • New Zealand
  • Pacific region
  • International digital literacy campaigns
Chapter 4 - Government: Current practice
  • Current legislative settings
  • Government counter-interference entities
  • Recent policy responses and initiatives
Chapter 5 - Government: ideas for action
  • Lead agency
  • Standards-based regulation
  • Legal remedies
  • Countermeasures
  • Cross-sector collaboration
Chapter 6 - Platforms - Current practice and identified gaps
  • Platform responsibilities
  • Platform actions to address interference
  • Ongoing concerns
  • Platforms and authoritarian states
Chapter 7 - Building the capacity of civil society
  • A role for civil society organisations, expert centres and researchers
  • Building resilience through public education
  • Mainstream media
  • Diaspora communities
Chapter 8 - Committee view and recommendations
  • Overall committee view
  • Platform transparency
  • Platforms headquartered in authoritarian states
  • Building the capacity of government
  • Intelligence briefings
  • Building the capacity of civil society
  • Protecting our neighbours
Additional comments from Government Senators
Australian Greens' Additional Comments
Appendix 1 - Submissions, tabled documents and additional information
Appendix 2 - Public hearings and witnesses
Appendix 3 - 46th Parliament inquiry recommendations
  • Recommendations from interim report of 46th Parliament

Committee Secretariat contact:

Senior Clerk's Office
Department of the Senate
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600

Phone: 02 6277 3555
seniorclerk.committees.sen@aph.gov.au

Past Public Hearings

12 Jul 2023: Canberra
11 Jul 2023: Canberra
21 Apr 2023: Canberra

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