Tag: DIGI

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’...

Big tech’s misinformation takedowns plummet in Australia

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
US tech giants’ removal of misinformation in Australia plummeted last year, new transparency data shows, with platforms like Facebook and YouTube taking down tens of thousands less posts and...

Social media ban: Platforms could be left to ‘infer’ age

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Social media platforms could use information they already hold about an individual to infer whether that user is under 16, avoiding the need to collect further identification or biometric...

‘Secretive and dishonest’ platforms cop a Senate spray

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Digital platform giants claim they would become the “sole arbiters of truth online” if the Albanese government’s misinformation laws pass but are facing strong push back from lawmakers for...

Musk shtick: X booted from industry’s misinformation code

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, has been kicked off the industry’s self-regulation effort on misinformation and disinformation because it removed user reporting tools and stopped...

Authors and artists take the fight to Big Tech on AI

Posted on   |  by Chris Griffith
Professional associations covering artists, authors and publishers have hit out at calls by big tech firms for Australia to water down its copyright law, and to allow for cheap...

Digital platforms join misinformation plan pile on

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Online platforms are railing against the Albanese government’s plan to combat misinformation and disinformation, warning draft legislation is poorly defined, hands the regulator too much power and could chill...