Rejected petition Initiate a Prevention of Misinformation Commission

A significant number of news articles and social media postings promote hatred or skew political beliefs based on information that is either completely fabricated or presented in such as way as to misinform the reader.

This is having a dire consequence on both individuals and the wider community.

More details

For more information on the problem refer to the following articles,

http://www.vox.com/new-money/2016/11/16/13659840/facebook-fake-news-chart

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/apr/24/tackle-spread-misinformation-online

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2016/11/17/facebook-fake-news-writer-i-think-donald-trump-is-in-the-white-house-because-of-me/?tid=ss_tw

http://www.vox.com/new-money/2016/11/16/13637310/facebook-fake-news-explained

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Date submitted 17 November 2016
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