"A majority of Australians surveyed about their attitudes to the changing media landscape (58%) believe social media platforms should block misleading political advertisements, while a quarter think there should not be curbs because determining truth is not the role of technology companies.
The finding is part of a respected annual international survey coordinated by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford, in collaboration with the news and media research centre at the University of Canberra.
Australians in the survey cleave on the question of whether platforms should intervene in misleading political advertising depending on their levels of income and education, and their political orientation. Two-thirds of Australians surveyed (64%) say they are concerned about what is real and what is fake on the internet."
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