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Kat Wong

MYSTERIOUS: Online misinformation crackdown clears first hurdle | Mind Blowing Facts

Laws cracking down on online misinformation and disinformation have passed the lower house. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS)

Australians could be better protected from lies spread online after misinformation laws came one step closer to passing.

But the protections face a difficult path through the Senate as one opposition politician likened them to something out of an Orwellian dystopia.

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