The Australian government is threatening Twitter with increased regulation if it does not hire more local staff to address online safety, after the company axed its local team and...
Australia’s media regulator will be able to request information from digital platforms on their efforts to reduce the spread of harmful misinformation and disinformation under legislative reforms planned for...
An advisory group chaired by accomplished indigenous screenwriter and Order of Australia recipient Dorothy ‘Dot’ West has been created by the federal government to work towards closing the digital...
A review of Australia’s media bargaining code has recommended the government investigate extending it to digital platforms other than Google and Facebook, and verify the value of the deals it...
Nearly half of all Australian adults and children experience online harm, but barely any are reporting it to the organisation set up by the government to deal with it,...
Communications minister Michelle Rowland delivered the 2022 Charles Todd Oration at a Telecommunications Association luncheon held in Sydney last Friday, marking the 150-year anniversary of the completion of the...
Telecommunications companies would be able to temporarily share identifiers with banks and government agencies in the wake of data breaches under new regulation proposed by the federal government to...
The government has instructed NBN Co to withdraw and revise the Special Access Undertaking variation that it lodged with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission in March. The Special...
A review of the Australian Code of Practice on Disinformation and Misinformation – Australia’s answer to defence against misinformation online is currently underway. A year since being developed by...
Federal Labor has unveiled a $650 million plan to improve regional telecommunications a week after the federal budget. Announced on Tuesday, Labor’s Better Connectivity For Rural and Regional Australia...