Disinformation: A Toxic Mix of Media, Politics and Vested Interests

Presented by The Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre and ABC Friends SA/NT
Former Prime Minister The Hon Kevin Rudd AC, in conversation with Walkley award-winning journalist Quentin Dempster AM, will address key questions around disinformation and the ways it has been weaponised in our media to undermine Democracy.
The discussion will define the problem posed by disinformation in the context of a 24 hour news cycle in a click bait media world.
What is disinformation, how does it work, and who profits? Can media companies and Tech giants as publishers be held accountable for disinformation?
On the crucial question of public interest in a democracy, what can be done to ensure that the media better serves our democratic institutions?
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