The rise of #Robodebt: how Twitter activists pushed a government scandal from hashtags to a royal commission
- Written by Ehsan Dehghan, Lecturer, Queensland University of Technology
Robin Worrall / UnsplashThe royal commission into the unlawful robodebt scheme has delivered its findings.
On the final day of public hearings, Commissioner Catherine Holmes highlighted the crucial role of citizen journalists and activists on Twitter. She described the mainstream media reporting as “patchy”, and noted the...




