Facebook, Google, Twitter release industry code to fight spread of disinformation Posted MonMonday 22 updated MonMonday 22 FebFebruary 2021 at 12:22pm Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Watch Share Print text only Cancel Tech companies including Facebook and Google have released the final version of a long-awaited industry code to address the spread of misinformation on their services in Australia. Key points: Australian media regulator calls the industry code "flexible and proportionate" Federal government says it will be "watching carefully" to see its effect The release comes only days after Facebook blocked Australians from viewing and sharing "news content" on its platform, leading experts to predict that misinformation would spread more rapidly in the news vacuum.