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Australian news sites open to AI crawlers

Most of the world’s biggest online publishers are not blocking bots from crawling their content to train generative AI, with some notable exceptions including the ABC and Australia’s regional...

Last ditch call to stop ABC mandatory login

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Privacy and security experts have called on the ABC to halt its switch to mandatory user accounts at the eleventh hour, warning that the public broadcaster has failed to...

ABC to channel Big Tech revenue into regional reporting

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The ABC will use the revenue it now receives from Facebook and Google to fund its planned increases in regional and outer suburban reporting. The public broadcaster’s managing director...

Privacy warnings won’t stop ABC sharing user data

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The ABC will require users of its iview streaming service to log-in to continue watching this year, and will share their data with tech giants by default, despite repeated...

ABC quietly delays iview login plans, data sharing

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The ABC has delayed the introduction of mandatory logins for its video streaming platform iview, amid concerns the requirement was unlawful and a risk to user privacy through the...

Nine signs Facebook and Google content sharing deals

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Australian media giant Nine has signed content sharing deals with Facebook and Google worth tens of millions of dollars, months after the bargaining code was passed by Parliament. In...