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Chinese social media and the 2025 Australian federal election
Those intent on spreading political misinformation are finding ways around strict foreign interference rules.
In the context of the Voice referendum, misleading information encompassed a spectrum of misinformation, disinformation, online falsehoods and fake news, citing racism, conspiracy theories and colonial denialism. WeChat bypasses Australian mechanisms that seek to manage electoral information ( Adem Ay/Unsplash)With Australia’s federal election due in less than 18 months, we anticipate that old misleading narratives may resurface, facilitated by new technologies such as generative AI. With the capacity to automatically translate audio on-demand and create videos featuring not only Australian politicians but also Chinese-Australian community members endorsing them, generative AI presents an unregulated frontier for political discourse.
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