Tag: censorship

Govt must act on Tiktok practices

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government must do more to confront emerging tech giants like Tiktok over its “problematic practices” and to better inform Australians about the risks associated with using them,...

New social media laws “pointless”

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The government’s new social media laws it plans to rush through Parliament this week are “heavy-handed and pointless”, according to former government digital lead Paul Shetler. The federal government...

Arbitrary site blocks a ‘slippery slope’

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
A move by Australia’s biggest telcos to arbitrarily block several websites following the Christchurch terrorist attack is a “slippery slope” and sets a “very worrying precedent”, according to former...