Meta tells Australia inquiry it will label government-affiliated media accounts

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Social media giant Meta Platforms (META.O), owner of Facebook and Instagram, plans to label government-affiliated media accounts on its new Twitter-like platform Threads, an executive told an Australian inquiry on foreign interference on Tuesday.

"Areas such as labels for state-affiliated media and fact-checking are all areas where we see a lot of value, and it's our aspiration to build that out expeditiously," Josh Machin, Meta's head of public policy for Australia, told the Senate inquiry.

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