#ACMA Changes to #AmateurRadio in #Australia (How They Will Affect You)

"The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) @acmadotgov have proposed changes to the amateur radio assessor accreditation and qualification framework to commence at the same time as the amateur class license in February 2023."

#VK #HamRadio #HamRadioDX

https://www.youtube.com/live/jK_tk5SmCb4?si=71gGg6EuDIsNsvJM

'Keep Australia safe': Dystopian draft bill against 'misinformation' unveiled - The proposed legislation could have serious implications for free... - https://cointelegraph.com/news/australian-draft-misinformation-bill-revealed #freedomofspeechaustralia #australiamedialaws #australiabigtech #acma

Media regulator Aus Communications and Media Authority (#ACMA) will gain new powers to:
📑 impose a compulsory code of conduct against misinformation on digital platforms;
🔎gather info to assess how platforms respond to misinformation & disinformation

These powers will not apply to professional news & authorised electoral content. Therefore, this change will not solve many of the issues raised by Zali Steggall in her #TruthInPoliticalAdvertising bill

#auspol #media
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/jan/20/australias-media-regulator-to-be-get-new-powers-to-crack-down-online-misinformation

‘Journalistic cluelessness’: Ex-Media Watch host roasts regulator #acma #auspol
https://www.theage.com.au/business/companies/journalistic-cluelessness-ex-media-watch-host-roasts-regulator-20230103-p5ca37.html?btis

This is a bit of a worry… ACMA trying to stifle Australian #journalism
#ACMA report on #FourCorners program 'Fox and the Big Lie' raises questions about its understanding of journalism

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-12-22/acma-four-corners-sarah-ferguson-fox/101799722

What ACMA missed in its report on Four Corners and 'Fox and the Big Lie' #acma #journalism #TheBigLie

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-12-22/acma-four-corners-sarah-ferguson-fox/101799722