Tag: Australian Communications and Media Authority

‘Not up to the job’: ACMA hammered over 000 investigation

Posted on   |  by David Allen
A Senate committee has put Australia’s telco regulator to the torch for the way it investigated reports of fatalities during last year’s triple zero outages, accusing them of “disturbing”...

Gig Guide: ACMA appoints ex-Google exec as first AI officer

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Australia’s peak media regulator has appointed Google’s former top policy executive Samantha Yorke as its inaugural Chief AI Officer. Ms Yorke joined the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA)...

Platform giants could give up on misinformation fight

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The industry group representing companies like Meta and Google has signalled it could drop the term misinformation from its self-regulatory code in Australia after the controversy surrounding the government’s...

SMS ID register consultation hits ‘significant barrier’

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A new register designed to prevent scammers from impersonating trusted businesses in text messages has hit a roadblock after industry consultations revealed the underpinning standards risked blocking legitimate traffic...

Govt mandates scam-busting SMS ID register

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Telcos will be required to block or warn Australians about scam texts from scammers that spoof legitimate senders after the Albanese government landed on a mandatory approach to its...

Scam-busting SMS ID register to roll out

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A new register designed to block SMS messages from scammers that spoof legitimate senders will be rolled out across the economy after enabling legislation passed through federal Parliament. But...

Meta’s industry body dismisses complaint against Meta

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A complaint against Meta over “potentially misleading” mis- and disinformation reporting in Australia has been dismissed by the industry group that counts the social media giant as a member....

ACMA flags new misinformation metrics for Big Tech

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia’s communications regulator is developing a new set of metrics to boost visibility of the actions social media giants like Meta and TikTok are taking to combat harmful misinformation...