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Musk shtick: X booted from industry’s misinformation code

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...

Cautious welcome for govt’s planned privacy law upgrade

28 September 2023 | by Joseph Brookes

The government’s planned upgrade of Australia’s privacy law has been backed by the national regulator and cautiously welcomed by advocates and the tech sector after years of debate. The...

Regulator urged to reject industry’s social media safety codes

18 January 2023 | by Joseph Brookes

Child welfare groups are asking Australia’s online safety regulator to reject the industry codes Meta and TikTok say will keep their young users safe, warning the industry-written rules do...

Social media companies writing their own ‘weak’ safety codes

10 December 2022 | by Joseph Brookes

Australia’s online safety codes should be abandoned at the eleventh hour in favour of stronger regulator led rules, digital rights advocates say, warning the self-regulation model will put young...

‘Dystopian’: Govt-endorsed education apps surveilling Australian children

26 May 2022 | by Denham Sadler

A number of education apps and websites endorsed by Australian governments and used throughout the pandemic have been surveilling and tracking children and sending their data to advertisers, according...

‘Substantial gaps’ in Meta’s Australian election policies: Reset Australia

19 May 2022 | by Denham Sadler

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...

Sweeping reforms needed for Big Tech bargaining code

9 May 2022 | by Denham Sadler

Big Tech companies should be automatically designated under the media bargaining code and ministerial discretion scrapped in order to avoid the initiative being a “missed opportunity”, a new Reset...

Facebook’s election measures ‘wholly inadequate’

15 March 2022 | by Joseph Brookes

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...

Facebook whistleblower warns federal MPs

22 October 2021 | by Joseph Brookes

The whistleblower who testified to US congress earlier this month that Facebook is putting “profits before people” has urged Australian politicians to regulate the tech giant because it has...

Facebook’s ‘watered-down’ protection for young Australians

28 July 2021 | by Joseph Brookes

Facebook has tightened how advertisers can target its youngest users ahead of international regulation and after scrutiny from digital rights groups, including a cohort calling for regulator-led protections in...

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Musk shtick: X booted from industry’s misinformation code

Cautious welcome for govt’s planned privacy law upgrade

Social media companies writing their own ‘weak’ safety codes

‘Dystopian’: Govt-endorsed education apps surveilling Australian children

‘Substantial gaps’ in Meta’s Australian election policies: Reset Australia

Sweeping reforms needed for Big Tech bargaining code

Facebook’s election measures ‘wholly inadequate’

Facebook whistleblower warns federal MPs

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