Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews says the government is working towards combating dangerous misinformation online.

She said they were taking action against people spreading misinformation.

“There’s a lot of misinformation out there, and I think that people are very mindful now of what they are seeing, reading and hearing about COVID-19,” she told Neil Breen.

“We know there’s a lot of misinformation out there, but it’s not just in relation to Covid, there’s a lot of misinformation out there on the internet and some of it has really serious consequences particularly for those people that are becoming radicalised online and are looking at various types of extremism, all being fed by what they are seeing and hearing online.

“One of the first steps we can take as a government is to try and counter violent extremism before it actually occurs.”

She urged people to be wary of what they read and use trusted sources.

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