Tag: Platforms

Coalition to oppose misinformation laws

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The federal opposition will vote against an Albanese government plan to curb misinformation through an empowered regulator, despite pledging a similar scheme when it was in government. It sets...

Social media giants are ‘vast surveillance’ operations

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Social media giants like Facebook and X are “vast surveillance” operations that collect, trade and hold troves of people’s data, the US consumer and competition watchdog has found after...

Defence in digital hiring spree after contractor edict

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Defence’s digital arm will add hundreds of new in-house staff to its ranks within the next year as the department looks to end its reliance on contractors, chief information...

Industry veteran Luke Coleman is new CommsAlliance CEO

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Telecommunications industry veteran Luke Coleman has been appointed as chief executive officer at the Communications Alliance, the industry association for the telco sector. He takes over the role from...

Australians bear soaring cost of managing online privacy

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Lax privacy and data laws mean Australians need to spend more than two minutes to adjust privacy settings on individual websites and apps, compared to just three seconds for...

Govt rejects foreign interference regime for social media

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australia won’t follow the US in forcing TikTok to be sold off from its Chinese parent company or implement new rules to curb foreign interference and misinformation on social...

Platform giants not compelled to trial age assurance

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Platform companies like Meta and TikTok will not be required to participate in the government’s trial of age assurance technologies, leaving the regulator reliant on the companies’ willingness to...