Posted 12/2/2023, 10:57:03 PM
Australian Minister's Digital ID Post Slapped With Fact Check on Voluntary Claim
- Labor Minister Katy Gallagher announced legislation to expand Australia's digital ID system
- Her social media post about it was slapped with a "fact check" label by a crowdsourced platform
- The fact check said calling digital IDs "voluntary" can be misleading if essential services require them
- It cited India's Aadhaar digital ID system becoming essential over time
- The fact checking is done by regular users and not by the social media platform itself