He declined to detail the task forces functions, but said they included dealing with disinformation spread through social media. Rogers said he was in almost daily contact with social media companies , Google and . Since the election was called last week, electoral authorities had examined 15 formal complaints relating to social media, Rogers said. I dont want to criticize the social media companies because theyre really working with us very well at the moment, Rogers said. He described the level of cooperation as a dramatic change since electoral authorities raised complaints about social media around a series of by-elections in July last year.

Source: ABC News April 18, 2019 05:15 UTC