Dr Francesco Bailo is a Senior Lecturer in Data Analytics in the Social Sciences at the University of Sydney, where he also serves as Deputy Director of the Centre for AI, Trust and Governance and Director of the Computational Social Science Lab.

Why Australia needs a healthier information ecosystem, not just fact-checks
19 January 2026

Fact-checking alone cannot protect democratic debate. Australia’s misinformation policy should shift from policing individual falsehoods to ensuring digital platforms provide information environments that support informed public judgment.
Francesco Bailo, Rob Nicholls and Daniel Gozman

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Why Australia needs a healthier information ecosystem, not just fact-checks

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