Tag: Reset Australia

Sweeping reforms needed for Big Tech bargaining code

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 Australia report has said. The report came amidst claims by whistleblowers that Facebook deliberately “over-blocked” critical Australian pages when it...

Facebook’s election measures ‘wholly inadequate’

Posted on   |  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

Posted on   |  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

Posted on   |  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...

Facebook tracks teenagers for alcohol, gambling

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Facebook is tracking Australian teenagers online and selling their profiles to alcohol, gambling and smoking advertisers, according to new research that warns Australia needs new regulation to protect kids...