Technology companies not doing enough to combat fake news, says David Speers

Fake news poses a real threat to democracy in countries including Australia and technology companies are not doing enough to combat it, Sky News’ political editor David Speers has warned.

“Frankly they should be doing a whole lot more than they already are, because this stuff isn’t just hard for those of us in the media trying to present real news, it is a bit of a threat to our democracy, democracies like the US,” Speers told an audience of communications professionals at the Public Relations Institute of Australia’s (PRIA) conference.

Speers said “it is a bit of a threat to our democracy”