Media & Big Tech

Lawmakers will also look at how Microsoft ‘plans to strengthen security measures’ following a 2023 cyber intrusion by ’threat actors’ affiliated with China.

While a social media ban would be the best for children’s wellbeing, questions have arisen over how it will be implemented in practice.

Australia and New Zealand has asked TikTok to remove more content than Iraq.

Social media-related nightmares can act as stressors, disrupting users’ sleep cycle and causing awakenings during the night.

GB News has been found breaking impartiality rules by the communications regulator in relation to a live audience Q&A with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.

ByteDance has stated that it will not sell TikTok, leaving the company to either challenge the law or be prohibited from the U.S. app marketplace next year.

EU officials are also concerned with the age verification methods put in place by Meta.

Affected consumers could qualify for a payout of between $50 and $394 under the settlement.

eSafety has sought assistance from NSW and federal police to deal with the online threats.

If successful, Mr. McCourt aims to migrate the platform to a new ‘digital open-source protocol.’

The judge found that trying to continue to ban the spread of a video on X globally would have been overreach by local authorities.

Meanwhile, the Biden administration’s lawsuit alleging that Apple, ‘illegally maintains a monopoly over smartphones’ is moving forward.

Elon Musk’s X was subject to a court order to remove all videos of a stabbing incident from its platform globally.

Children under 14 could be blocked from opening social media accounts in an Australia-first law.

A new poll by the NZ Free Speech Union, conducted by Curia Market Research, shows support for funding universities based on their support for free speech.

The new centre-right government has dropped the proposal amid public opposition.

This comes as the government has been at loggerheads with tech giants over the removal of violent content online following the stabbing of a church leader.

The heavy-duty trucks, 50 in all, will travel from the ports to the company’s fulfillment center in Santa Fe Springs. Some are already on the road.

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