‘Manosphere’ podcasts and moon-landing conspiracy theories to remain online under new laws, Wells says

The Guardian15 October 2026, 05:22 UTCAustralia

Communications minister rebuts claims that Labor’s digital duty of care laws would lead to government control of speechFollow our Australian politics live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralians could still “listen to manosphere podcasts” or “say the moon landing was fake” under proposed new online safety laws, Anika Wells has stressed as she rubbished claims they would lead to government censorshipThe communications minister also said she was considering updates to the digital duty of care laws to allow individual Australians to directly s

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