Senate Select Committee on Foreign Interference through Social Media

REPORT - August 2023

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Contents

Members

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

Recommendations from interim report of 46th Parliament

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