Global tech giants and their industry associations have rallied against the federal government introducing localisation requirements for data storage, arguing it brings no inherent benefit to cybersecurity and that...
On LinkedIn, Braden Wallake, the chief executive of the social media company HyperSocial, posted a photograph of himself crying. He had just fired two of his 17 employees. The...
Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, and Snapchat will be scrutinised by the competition regulator in a new inquiry launched as part of the watchdog’s ongoing examination of digital platforms. The...
Social media giant Meta’s top executives Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg will be questioned for more than five hours each in depositions on their role in the Cambridge Analytica...
A number of Big Tech firms have released their latest reports under Australia’s voluntary misinformation code as they face looming further regulation on the issue. The Australian Code of...
Meta’s public statements and efforts around election integrity on its platform in Australia have been “inadequate and incomplete”, and systemic regulation is needed on the issue, according to Reset...
On the last day of his 11 years as chair of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), Rod Sims announced the commission is bringing a “world-first” claim against...
Australia’s competition and consumer regulator is taking technology giant Meta to court over allegedly misleading cryptocurrency “scam” advertisements that ran on its platforms. The ads included images of high-profile...
Digital rights groups have blasted Facebook’s latest commitment to clean up the federal election as a “bandaid” measure framed in a way to avoid more scrutiny of the company’s...
Reforms aimed at giving Australians more avenues to address defamatory comments made against them would actually “embolden” people to make more defamatory comments, according to Facebook parent company Meta....