Tag: Brad Smith

Election footing as PM lashes Big Tech on regulation

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Prime Minister has applied a blow-torch to Big Tech at the G20 CEO Summit in Auckland, demanding the tech giants come up with industry codes of practice that...

Feud 2.0: Google and Microsoft fight heats up

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Google has returned fire at Microsoft after the Redmond-based behemoth singled out the search and advertising giant in calls for more technology and media regulation in the United States. Microsoft’s...

Google, Facebook actions a threat to democracy

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Microsoft has doubled down on its support for Australia’s media bargaining code, labelling Facebook and Google’s threats to withdraw services from the country as a “new vulnerability for the...

Microsoft acts on extremist content

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Microsoft has called for the tech sector to put aside rivalries and work together to better moderate and remove extremist content in the wake of the Christchurch terror attack....

Facial recognition a political problem

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The federal opposition and Greens have backed a call from tech giant Microsoft for governments around the world to regulate the use of facial recognition technology. Microsoft president Brad...