Tag: Facebook

ACCC sets target: Google, Facebook

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
A powerful new regulatory body would be established to oversee tech giants like Google and Facebook as part of far-reaching reforms recommended by Australia’s competition watchdog to curtail the...

Alliance to oppose encryption bill

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
An array of civil and digital rights organisations have joined forces with corporate giants in a global alliance to oppose the federal government’s controversial encryption bill. The Alliance for...

Facebook’s long march to China

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Facebook has been bending over every which way to somehow get back into China after the country’s so-called Great Firewall was significantly jacked up in July 2009, blocking western...

Tech giants unveil open data plan

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Technology giants Google, Microsoft, Facebook, and Twitter have jointly announced an open-source Data Transfer Project (DTP) designed to allow individuals to directly transfer their files and data between online...

ACCC platforms inquiry heats up

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Australia’s “world-first” inquiry into the impact of digital platforms on the media is looking to address “one of the defining questions of our age”, the government’s competition tsar said....

Privacy office at breaking point

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Australian government’s national data authority is facing “unprecedented challenges” following recent global data controversies and the commencement of the data breach notification laws, while its resources are “stretched...

Giving new life to old industries

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Queensland’s Mackay with a population of around 85,000 has become a hub of startups and innovation focused on the area’s proximity to mining and sugar cane industries. Jarryd Townson...

O’Dwyer to squeeze tech platforms

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The federal government will meet quarterly with tech giants including Facebook and Google to “hold their feet to the fire” on combating cyber-bullying and making their online platforms safer...

ACCC muscles up to Facebook

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Australia’s competition and consumer watchdog will use its compulsory information gathering powers to obtain data from tech giants including Google and Facebook as part of its wide-ranging “world-first” inquiry...