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Free Speech, Baby!

Scott Morrison and Barnaby Joyce say social media needs to be held accountable for misinformation. George Christensen and another backbencher in the background say, 'Free speech baby!'

Cathy Wilcox

12 October 2021

Cathy Wilcox highlights the contradictory positions held within the Coalition. In October, the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister demanded social media platforms take responsibility for what they publish. But when Facebook took down some of his posts, citing breaches of its policy against COVID-19 misinformation, Nationals backbencher George Christensen complained that his free speech was being impeded.