Media & Big Tech

Reflecting on two years in office, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says the media is partly to blame for debate becoming more polarising.

Australians are particularly susceptible to online scams, despite having a full swathe of internet safety regulators.

We have seen far too often how this ‘do something, anything’ mentality operates in practice.

An Australian Tribunal has ordered Elon Musk’s X to adhere to local anti-discrimination laws.

GB News accuses the broadcast regulator of ’trampling' on free speech.

Australia’s lithium resources will be kept at home as battery production is stepped up thanks to an investment made under the Made in Australia scheme.

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.