Tag: Anika Wells

Govt’s platform tax is back to drive news deals

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The Albanese government has revived its plan to force Meta back into deals with news publishers with a backstop tax of more than $100 million a year. A year...

Singtel says Optus CEO needs time to fix Triple Zero issues

Posted on   |  by Christine Chen and Renju Jose
Optus’ chief executive will need more time to get its house in order, the boss of parent Singapore Telecommunications said on Tuesday, after back-to-back emergency call outages in Australia...

Platforms raised alarm on age assurance trial midway through

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australia’s trial of age assurance technology used a “mystery shopping” company that tried to recruit its own staff to test options like facial and voice analysis, according to insiders’...

Govt to ban nudify and stalking apps

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Communications minister Anika Wells on Tuesday signalled online safety laws will be changed to restrict access to apps that ‘nudify’ or enable undetectable stalking. Platforms will be forced to...

Senate to probe youth social media ban

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Liberal and Nationals senators have sided with the Greens to set up a parliamentary probe into the federal government’s social media ban for under-16s and search engine age verification....