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Unattributed attack ads targeting Labor on Chinese-language WeChat fuel fears of misinformation

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Electoral commission says they are not monitoring the social media platform as marginal seats with Chinese-Australian populations hang in the balance Get our free news app ; get our morning email briefing Attack ads targeting Labor are being published without any authorisation or party attribution on the Chinese-language social networking platform, WeChat, raising concerns that misinformation could be circulating without oversight. The advertisements, which include false suggestions Labor’s policies involve a raft of new taxes, appear on the WeChat site of Chinese-language media outlet Australian Financial News, alongside highly flattering articles about the treasurer, Josh Frydenberg. The Commonwealth Electoral Act…

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